These things are not to be got round. You might as well not work as to sketch with a poor
sketching easel. And you must pay a good price for it. The sketching easel that is good for
anything has never been made to sell for a dollar and a half. Pay three or four dollars for it, at any
rate, and use it the rest of your life.
I use an easel every day that I have worked on every summer for twelve years. Most artists are
doing much the same. The easel is not expensive per year at that rate! It is such an easel as that
shown on the opposite page, and is satisfactory for all sorts of work.
If you are working in a strong wind, or if you have a large canvas, such an easel as this illustration
shows it is the best and safest yet invented, and it is as good for other work, and particularly when
you stand up. And either of these easels will be perfectly satisfactory to use in the house.
EASEL 1EASEL 2SKETCHING EASEL 1SKETCHING EASEL 2