The All-in-One Plein Air
Easel Systems for all your
Outdoor Painting Adventures

Perfect for Workshops and Travel

Made in the USA

The Advanced Series Easels

Introducing The Advanced Series Oil & Acrylic Easel --NEW--

Created especially for outdoor use, En Plein Air Pro’s ‘Advanced Series’ Oil and Acrylic Easel handles canvas panels or stretched canvas up to 12” x 16” or down to 6” x 8” (the most popular range for outdoor painting). This easel and adjustable panel holder are made of tough ABS material (not wood which can warp or crack). The ‘Advanced Series’ Oil and Acrylic Palette features a large, neutral gray mixing area, and slide on lid for transporting wet paint. With convienient brush holders and turps jar, you have everything at your fingertips.

Lightweight, Functional, and Truly Unique

The Advanced Series Watercolor Easel

For the watercolorist we offer the 'Advanced Series' Watercolor Easel which features our exclusive watercolor palette shelf with cover. The easel can accomodate sketchbooks and paper up to a 1/4 sheet size. Your brushes won't be falling into the dirt anymore with the built-in brush holder, and there is even a place for your water.
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The entire system, including easel and palette shelf, the tripod, collapsible waterpail
and bag to carry it all in, weighs only 8.5 lbs!

"My intention was to create a watercolor easel that would honor the spirit of outdoor painting. This easel enables painters working in any medium to follow in the footsteps of masters like Constable, Delacroix, Corot, Sargent and Zorn, who utilized watercolor sketches as a means to travel light and gather information for their studio paintings. Whether you are exploring the back country of America, or the back roads of Europe, the "En Plein Air Pro" is the portable studio that can meet the needs of the most adventurous painter."
-- Eric Michaels NWS, OPA & PSA

Plein Air instructor Cris Weatherby's students painting on
location in Tuscany with the Plein Air Pro
(click photo to enlarge)

"... very sensible design, is light weight, uses a standard tripod
and is easy to set up". --Frank Webb NWS, AWS

Read what other artists have to say about the En Plein Air Pro Easels in our Reviews Section.

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Creative Block

A couple of months ago, my friend, Maggie Price, pastel painter, author and workshop teacher, asked me to contribute a couple of demo paintings and some suggestions for a Northlight book she is writing on dealing with creative block. I did send Maggie two demonstration paintings – one is oil, and one in watercolor. Both involved a technique I call “discovered painting” – where I have a vague idea, feeling or image, and I let the medium lead me in whatever direction it chooses, and I react as the painting unfolds.

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The All-in-One Plein Air Easel Systems for all your Outdoor Painting Adventures