The third box in this series is my newest, but also the box that I think will get used for plein air the most. For several years I have carried a sketch book and pencil around with me. This small box is just about all I need for an 'everyday carry' art box. 5 x 7 inch water colour paper is cut to fit inside the lid. Also this size is flexible to use.
Here is the box supplied for water colour painting. It has everything needed expect paper towels, the water brushes work quite well for field sketching. There are a couple of pencils and erasers, as well as a sharp knife and a straight edge in the box too.
All that is needed is to substitute Prismacolor Art Stix and the box is ready for dry field sketching. Art Stix are basically wood less pencil crayon colours. Twenty Four colours in the small box. Better than pastels for this use because they don't smudge and can be sharpened to a fine point.
To hold the lid open I re-enforced the hinge with leather. This way it is strong and firm without me having to add locking style hinges as on most pochade boxes.
It is a re-used chisel box, remember when tools came in wooden boxes with box jointed corners? The chisels are long gone but the box was too good to throw away. It wasn't much of a shop project but, it needed to be sanded and the spacer put inside and the hinge modified, all things made easy with a wood shop in the basement.
9 x 12 Water colour and ink on paper'
"Fall Colours"
Be thoughtful and Be safe.
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