Artistic studio Artristic Studio Easel User manual
User Manual
Artristic Studio Easel
Index
Canvas Stretchers
Oil
Acrylic
Airbrush
Mixed Media
Palette Knife Artists
Pastel of All Types
Resin Art And For Application Over Art
Scraperboard
Illustration Art
Speed Painting
Encaustic
Zentangle
Installation Art Projects
Glazing Finished Paintings
Photographing Your Art
multi-level dimensional displays of artworks in
areas of limited or previously unusable space
Round and Oblong Canvas Stretchers
Drawing Boards/Canvas Boards
Black Boards & White Boards with wooden frames
What You Can Attach, Paint With And Use this Easel For
Mediums and other uses for this easel
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Easel Front view
(part names and functions)
The Hub
Foam Sleeves to minimize
scratching and for carrying
Easel Back view
(part names and functions)
Total weight of easel with
The eight, pointed steel
rods are used to fix canvas
stretchers to the rotating
boards can also be attached
Each tripod leg consists of three
strong tubes nestled within each
other and can be extended to pro-
vide a wide choice of easel heights
The centre tube is height
adjustable and independent
of the three tripod legs
Minimum length Tripod legs can
Maximum length tripod legs can be
Maximum height the easel hub can
Minimum height the easel hub can
from the floor
arms through
The rotating centre Hub
Locked Leg
Unlocked Leg
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CAUTION
Do not rotate
tripod Head
when this knob
has been tight-
The Sizes Of Canvas You Can Attach
to Your Artristic Easel
What The Knobs On The Back
Of The Hub Are For
you paint, bringing any part of your canvas directly to your brush, regardless of your height, whether
sitting or standing
This screw holds
the Pan Head
Adaptor onto the
tripod Pan Head
This knob controls
the rotation of
This knob locks
the Hub facing
forward, positioned
in the centre
between the two
foam-covered
This large knob
attaches the Hub
section to the top
of the tripod
This bolt MUST
remain firmly
This knob adjusts
the backward tilt
of your artwork
from vertical
through to hori-
The T-Bar Arms slide into the archways
and can lock into place in two positions by
pushing down on a pop-up button at the end
of the arm, thus locking it to the Hub
Position 1
the Hub using the pop-up button Archway
This allows you to attach canvas stretchers in
Position 2
further out along the Hub projecting arm by
popping the button up through the second
This allows you to attach canvas stretchers in
CAUTION:
DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN ANY OF THE KNOBS
Position 1
Position 2
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side down by two
the legs apart, then
hold the short cen-
tre tube and pull
outwards to spread
open the third leg
to its full horizontal
position
with your finger, or the eraser end of a
pencil, depress the button while push-
ing the arm forward until the button
pops up through the hole in the second
archway
the first archway on the Hub
the Hub and tripod head in place
the top of the tripod
tripod head then place Hub section
onto the large bolt protruding from
the top of the tripod
the Hub by push-
ing down on the
pop-up buttons
at the ends of the
arms as you pull
them through the
Archways
clamp and slide out
this large knob clockwise as you screw it
onto the end of the tripod
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How To Attach the Hub To The Tripod How To Insert the T-Bar Arms Into the Hub
UNLOCK
THIS
KNOB
THE
LARGE
BOLT
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How To Prepare the T-Bar, Hub
and Tripod Before Attaching A Canvas How To Attach A Canvas To Your Artristic Easel
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Re-tighten the nut
the centre, equal distance from each of
cross supports there is no need to mark
those sides
the Hub slightly backward,
then re-tighten the knob to
hold the Hub in that position
each of the
pointed rods
backward until
only the 4mm
long points are
visible
clear plastic point
protector caps
and place them
onto the storage
projections on
the back of each
WARNING:
they are flat at the base of the points they will only penetrate
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How To Attach A Canvas To Your Artristic Easel How To Attach A Canvas To Your Artristic Easel
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together between your thumbs and fore-
fingers until you feel, hear or see the two
points of the rods penetrate the wood of
the frame
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clamps nearest to the Hub
it flush, unlock the second arm clamp
centre bottom
using both hands, squeeze it and the wood of the canvas frame
together so that the two pointed rods penetrate the wooden
canvas frame as before
so that it does not fall off as you perform
the next step
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tom and, slowly raise the canvas and the
made on the canvas frame or with a canvas
the canvas in position
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How To Attach A Canvas To Your Artristic Easel How To Remove A Canvas In 10 Seconds
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at the back of the Hub to a finite de-
gree so that you can rotate the can-
vas and it will stay where you leave it
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ward and release its hold from the side of
the canvas frame
arm yet
unlock them
rotate the canvas until you bring the
and repeat this checking process with
that the canvas frame is sitting
squarely and flush up against the
give each pointed rod no more than
three turns to ensure the points have
penetrated the wood
Once you have done it a few times
it will become very straightforward
and a natural part of your painting
So worth it for the many advantages
and benefits this easel will reveal to
you as you use it
one smooth but quick upward movement, lift the canvas off
its upright position, tilt it slightly
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How to Attach 3mm to 6mm Thick Art Boards How to Attach 3mm to 6mm Thick Art Boards
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zontal position and lock in place
the red plastic ends of the pointed
rods
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attach your working surface paper to the
front of the board
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piece of kitchen washing up foam onto
capped rods
shelf is pushed up tightly against the
red plastic caps, then one by one, lock
arm clamps and extend each arm fully
the points of the rods on the T bar arms
and rotate the threaded rod clockwise
until only the red plastic end is visible
and the point is inside the safety cap
LOCK
THIS
KNOB
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Attaching white boards and canvas
stretchers by their outer edges
Attaching white boards and canvas
stretchers by their outer edges
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WARNING: DO NOT ATTACH VERY HEAVY, LARGE, CHIPBOARD, HARDWOOD
OR PLYWOOD BOARDS
clamps and extend each arm fully
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shelf end brackets and then start
the side edges of the canvas or white
board
position again
the side of the canvas board by about
painting
like now
and flush up against the end brackets
arms but do not expose the points yet
or board, start re-locking all eight of
onto the top of the Hub, positioning the
centre of the board as close as you can over
the centre of the Hub, then start sliding
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How To Make The Tripod Legs Spread
Wider Than Their Pre-set Distance
How To Make The Tripod Legs Spread
Wider Than Their Pre-set Distance
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The three tripod legs are pre-set in their first position to allow the bottom of them to be spread apart
remove the top Hub section
from the tripod and push all
three legs close together
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tion, you will see
at the top of each
to the left of the
large bolt head
and two ledges
just above that
spread, just fold all three legs
together again
legs to open to
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est distance apart,
ensure again that
all legs are folded
down as in im-
bracket out again
raising the leg
out and upwards
until you see the
bracket over the
top of the third
ledge
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tach to the easel, this leg widening feature
allows you to experiment with a variety of
heights and positions, and to paint while
sitting with many different types of chairs
and stools
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et down onto this
Fold the three legs
flat together as in
them open again to
achieve the widest
spread of the legs
push or tap the
spread the legs
outward they will
position
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et out as far as it
sharply on the
bracket and
push it back
down onto the
first ledge
flush up against the centre tube, then re-
peat the process with each of the other
guide
The next time you pull the legs apart they
will lock in the wider position and keep
leg out and up-
wards until you
can see that if you
pushed or tapped
the bracket down-
wards suddenly, it
would drop onto
the top of the first
e Leg Adjuster Bracket
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Convert A Canvas Stretcher Into a Permanent,
“Quick Attach” Painting Board
More Ways To Lock The T-bar Arms Into
The Hub And Attach A Canvas
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This technique is well worth the effort if you use watercolours or pastels and attach painting paper to a board
using strips of tape, or clip them to the board. This drawing board will save time by attaching more quickly to
the easel
You will need the following:
to
in USA
sure to stay within the pencil guidelines,
down all over the canvas
heavy books to help set the glue on the
the way around the canvas frame so you
will know where to position the canvas
custom easel setup and we will forevermore identify it with your name! The
perfect way to prove those wrong who said you would never make a name for
yourself from painting
tached
a new slant on painting
These four
pointed rods
are reversed
“painting board” to your easel in the same
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How to Use your Artristic Tool Kit How to Use your Artristic Tool Kit
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tective carry bag, a click on adjustable
shoulder strap and two centre placed
carry handles
erated locking mechanisms on it
when locked, pull up and release the
locking flap of the leg section you wish
to adjust
or loose, insert the Hex Head screwdriver
and tighten the nut
necessary
the entire Hub section level and locked in
It should always be tightly locked
then lock the leg to check if leg locks firmly
*CAUTION. Never over tighten this nut.
side nut to insert the two-ended screwdriver
section
there is a three-piece tool kit
Top one to adjust length
of the second inner leg
Bottom one to adjust the
length of the third inner leg
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Example of using round or oblong canvas as described on page 3
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