Diy pochade

Last month after sharing my own lightweight sketch easel design, I put out a call to all you Do-It-Yourselfers to share your home-built sk...

3 Small & Cheap Homemade Pochade Box Designs

Use basic woodworking skills and these detailed instructions to make a DIY pochade box for plein air painting on the go.

Here are the details of how I made my box. I think the total cost of materials was around $30. I ended up buying too many screws/nuts than I needed to, but it was difficult to know what exactly I needed until I started putting everything together. I also used quite a few brass pieces for aesthetics and that's definitely more expensive. I borrowed my roommate's bandsaw to cut a lot of the piece, but you could probably do just fine with a sharp saw. I also used his drill press and end mill to…

Wanting to get out of my studio and enter the world of Plein Aire painting, yet not wanting to lug around my old French Easel I decided to try to build something on my own. If you want to build one you will need to get a large cigar box and the hardware listed at the end of this post. Because the cigar box cover will be supporting your painting panel, you will need to be able to lock the cover into position at the desired angle. You can make a support with two small pieces of metal called…

Mike Aspengren says: "I hope you share the construction plans for your watercolor sketchbook pochade contraption. I've already ordered the ...

A fellow artist who made a Serett pochade box asked me some pictures of the lid support installation and position. I installed the end pa...

Learn how to build your own pochade box with this free tutorial by Artist Jim Serrett.

My new plein air setup for painting with gouache

Today I’m going to show you how can make your own pochade box out of a cigar box just like the old impressionist masters. Best of all, the total cost of making this little pochade box should be about $12.00.