Melrose Garden Gates

8x10 inches
oil on panel
silver plein air frame
500.00

Purchase at www.lindablondheim.com



Painters Tip


Miniature Studio


So you have no space in the house for a studio. Have you thought about a hall closet or a walk in closet? Most of us could clean out one closet and use it as a studio. You can store the closet contents in boxes under a bed.

A closet has shelving for supplies. You can purchase a table top easel which folds up or a mast easel which also folds flat. You can use a small folding table if you do drawing or watercolor painting. Most closets have a light in the ceiling but if not, a portable shop light can be hung from the ceiling and plugged into an extension cord. Your painting supplies can be kept in clear plastic boxes with labels on the closet shelves.

The closet door could also be removed to make the space more convenient or have a pocket door installed. When you wish to paint, pull the easel out into the room, lay a drop cloth down, paint to your heart's content and then fold up the easel and put the supplies back in the boxes for another time.

No it is not the ideal studio space but it IS a studio and a solution for an artist with no space.