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

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
What You Can Attach, Paint With And Use this Easel For
Mediums and other uses for this easel
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



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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
1 1
3 3
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2 2
4
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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
1
3
2
4
1
3
2
4


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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      
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
          -

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

-
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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
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

-
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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       

-
zontal position and lock in place
     
the red plastic ends of the pointed
rods
 -

attach your working surface paper to the
front of the board
-








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
1
3
5
2
4
6
7
9
8
10
WARNING: DO NOT ATTACH VERY HEAVY, LARGE, CHIPBOARD, HARDWOOD
OR PLYWOOD BOARDS

clamps and extend each arm fully
-

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
-
