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After spending the weekend hunched over mini ACEO-sized paintings, I have realized three things:
1. My posture sucks.
2. I need good lighting.
3. I really need an adjustable easel.
I don't even know where to start with lighting - too many options & I'm too tired to do research atm. I actually do have a drafting table, but considering it's also my only table at the moment it's full of stuff and cannot be angled. I am looking at an adjustable table top easels like this one [link], or maybe this one [link]. What do you all think? How do you deal with the neck & shoulder pain? :/
P.S.: over the weekend I read Josh Waitzkin's "The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence". HIGHLY recommend it to anyone interested in improving themselves and bringing their game to the top level. So inspiring.
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I draw/paint while sitting on my living room sofa. I don't paint on an easel. I have varous sizes of masonite that I use as a portable surface I guess you'd call it. Usually placed on a huge couch pillow that's on my lap. Paints, brushes, and snacks to either side of me ... along with often one or even both of my cats. While I paint I have the TV on or a DVD playing in the background.
As for lighting it's just regular lighting that's a bit dim. I paint using a fairly dark pallette yet by painting in low lighting I end up getting pretty vibrant colours that look soothing in my houses lighting but when exposed to brighter light really pop, since I'm accomedating for the lack of light in the first place.
Maybe I'm just too brittle in my old age. LOL
By the time my eyes are tired the rest of me is too and I call it a night.
Thanks so much for your input!
If you drink a very large glass of water or other beverage ... you'll have an internal timer going off after a while don't worry.
I get into my art like that as well ... I've sat painting or drawing from like 6pm until 5am with only breaks to grab a bite or get a drink or when my bladder was about to burst. haha
Good luck with it all.
Lighting? That is tough. I just have an incandescent desk lamp that is taped atop my draft board. It took some jimmy-rigging, but hey, it works for now.
Posture? I swear someday they will call me the hunchback of Notre Dame. I have yet to figure out how to maintain "good" posture while creating...it just doesn't seem possible to me.
Best of luck finding a comfortable set up!!
Mmh - I didn't upload mine yet...