Watercolour Painting with a Harbron Easel
Harbron easels can easily be adapted for watercolour painting. Here's how... To work with watercolour on a Harbron easel you will need an additional support in the form of an easel board. This is simply a rigid surface upon which you can mount your paper before placing into the easel as you would a panel or canvas. Here are some suggestions to make an easel board: Recycle an old canvas board. I have repurposed some old Winsor & Newton canvas boards by carefully removing the unwanted canvas, scraping away any glue residue, and lightly sanding the surface to finish. It is a ten minute job and provides a good surface that is robust enough to resist warping, and can be used time and again. Source a hardwood drawing board When I was a young teenager, my grandparents gave me a lovely A3 portfolio with a hardwood drawing board inside. I continue to use the drawing board today, whilst the portfolio contains the lovely watercolour sketches they left behind. The board is 6mm thick and d...