SELECT FROM AN OUTSTANDING CHOICE OF EASELS AT S&S WHOLESALE
S&S Wholesale stocks a wide variety of easels for everyone from the beginner, student and hobbyist right through to the professional artist. There are many types of easels for different applications … painting, pastel work, indoor or outdoor use.
Easels are designed in a variety of styles to accommodate the many different ways artists work.
There are five styles of easels:
The Table Easel, the Tripod Easel, the Box or French style Easel, the Lyre (A-frame) Easel, and the Studio (H-frame) Easel. There are a number of variations to each of these that offer different tilt settings, storage options and size capabilities.
BEST Easels
Every artist should know the joy of using exquisite equipment. BEST easels are known as some of the finest easels in the world. Each BEST easel is hand-made from North American Red Oak, sanded to a smooth surface, then hand-rubbed with oil to reveal the inherent beauty of the wood grain. There is no compromise in workmanship or quality. The craftsmen at BEST nail, glue and screw every joint, guaranteeing strength and precision. Designed and manufactured with the professional in mind, BEST easels are amazingly stable, completely functional and truly beautiful.
Built of solid oak, the Deluxe
Lobo quad base easel is perfect for the mixed media painter. It is inexpensive, compact but sturdy, reliable, and very flexible. It can be used vertically for sketching or painting; and in seconds it can be adjusted to a horizontal position for pastel work, watercolour, gessoing or varnishing. It has a forward tilt for glare reduction.
The BEST ‘Lite Best’ is a versatile easel ideal for beginner to intermediate artists, schools and colleges. It has the unique ability to tilt forward past a full vertical position. It is solid, multifunctional, and reasonably priced. It folds flat for easy storage.
The Classic Santa Fe II is a double masted easel complete with two canvas holders and painting tray. It features a marine
style winch which raises and lowers easily, accommodating works weighing up to 90 kilograms. The double masted H-frame offers extra stability and the plastic front locking castors provide ease of mobility.
The Portable Collapsible is an allpurpose easel which is ideal for the oil, watercolour, pastel, airbrush or acrylic artist. Whether sitting or standing, a full range of angles from vertical to horizontal is possible. The front wheels make transport easy and the top, bottom and middle painting trays have rubber grips to keep canvas secure; while the bottom shelf can be used for storage. The easel folds flat for easy storage.
The Deluxe Table Top is a heavy duty professional table easel that can be used by itself on any flat surface. Beautiful and strong, the Deluxe Table Top provides artists with a solid base on which to work – accommodating canvases up to 36 inches.
Easels by Daler-rowney
The Gloucester is manufactured from high quality oiled Beechwood. This very sturdy easel has a metal ratchet for adjustable height, and can be tilted forwards or backwards offering a range of canvas positions. The centre pole can be adjusted vertically to avoid unfavourable lighting angles. Includes a shelf for art materials.
The Kensington is a robust
H-frame easel that can be converted into a table if desired. The slant can be adjusted to any angle between horizontal and vertical, making it ideal for oils, acrylics and watercolours.
It is constructed from oiled stainresistant Beechwood. Maximum canvas height is 48 inches.
The Gallery is constructed of oiled, stain-resistant Beechwood.
This easel is ideal for restoration work. It has an extendable centre pole allowing canvases up to 235cm to be used comfortably. The canvas holder height is adjusted by a crank mechanism and the working angle is adjustable as well. Pole and canvas are locked into their desired position by tightening screws at the rear. It has a sturdy base with four castors and levelling bolts, plus two storage trays.
The Warwick is a lightweight and strong folding aluminium easel ideal for plein air work. The reversible rubber feet double as ground spikes when working outdoors. A photographic tripod ‘twist type’ lock provides fixing for the telescopic legs and a ‘grip type’ lever allows for positioning to suit both oil and watercolour painting.
The Cornwall is a compact and transportable box easel for working in the field. A three-legged stool comes with this easel, and this can be easily attached to the side of the easel when folded. The box easel incorporates a one drawer cabinet and wooden palette. This easel comes in an artist bag, allowing for easy transport.
The Wimborne is an oiled wooden table easel with adjustable supports.
The canvas position can be set to either a backward or forward tilting position. This table easel will hold canvas up to 27 inches in height.
The Artsphere is a brilliant new concept in easel design for artists, designers, hobbyists and crafters. The Artsphere table easel has a unique ball and socket joint that allows a detachable drawing board to move in any direction. It is easy to operate and manoeuvre while working on, and a solid handle locks the board securely in place for applications such as drawing, painting, modelling and sculpture. The Artsphere has a small base and a large work surface area that can be positioned flat or in portrait or landscape positions.
Richeson ‘Lyptus’ Wood Easels
Richeson ‘Lyptus’ easels are a ‘green’ range of easels produced by Jack Richeson & Co. Lyptus easels are manufactured from the timber of a naturally occurring hybrid Eucalyptus indigenous to Australia. A premium grade hardwood, Lyptus is grown on highly productive, environmentally friendly plantations in Brazil. The plantations boast a combination of eucalypts and native tropical forest which has been planted on land rendered otherwise useless by years of intensive logging and farming.
The Lyptus plantations in Brazil are an important part of the restoration of the damaged native rainforests.
For every two hectares of Lyptus plantation planted, one hectare of new native rainforest is planted. Lyptus is also a renewable resource as new trees sprout from the stumps of previously harvested trees. The
mills used to produce Lyptus wood use technology in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner. The entire process from planting to pruning to manufacturing is carried out with the environment in mind.
The Aztec Studio Easel is an adjustable H-frame easel which folds flat for easy storage. The bottom tray adjusts with the mast, and a wood clamp unit keeps it all secure.
The Belmont Easel is a portable and versatile easel with two plastic wheels for easy mobility. It can be positioned in the horizontal, vertical, or past-vertical position.
The Lobo Studio Easel is an ‘ecofriendly’ hardwood easel which is fully adjustable and can be used horizontally for watercolour work, vertically for oils and acrylics, or tilted forward for pastels. It has a base shelf for storing materials.
The Basset Studio Easel has a ratchet system for easy canvas height adjustment. It can be adjusted past a vertical tilt, and the sturdy base features levelling feet. Please contact S&S Wholesale Customer Service by telephone on 1300 731 529 for further information and stockists.