Posts Tagged ‘Easel’
Making Art in Limited Space
I recently moved into a new studio apartment and, to put it lightly, I am a little cramped. With just a kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and small living room, I often feel as if I barely have enough room to breathe. While the view from my sixth story window affords me some idyllic sunsets, the limited space has hampered my ability to pursue one of my passions: art.
Before I moved to my new place, I had an entire room that was devoted to my work. Now I barely have enough space to turn around in the kitchen. Although it has taken a good amount of getting used to, I am beginning to adapt. Recently I purchased a small table top easel that I can setup on the kitchen table; this allows me to get a lot of my work done at home without taking up my coveted floor space.
Encourage Creativity in Your Kids
A lot of people struggle trying to keep their kids engrossed in creative play. Not because parents aren’t creative but they simply have simply forgotten how to encourage it in young children. This has always been my problem, and despite all of my coloring book purchases and my large stake in the Crayola Corporation I can’t seem to get my kids interested in artistic activity. The most creative things my kids do with crayons and markers is devise new ways to use them as weapons or figure out how to stuff them into electronic devices.
So, I got a couple of kids easels, and ever since my kids have been completely engrossed in a world of creativity and creation. It’s affordable, good quality and both kids can use them at the same time. The best part is that they are too big to fit in the DVD player!
A Brief History of the Easel
Easels are known to have been in use since at least the time of the Egyptians. The excavation of King Tutankhamen’s tomb has records of small, hand-held easels. It is believed that they were used during speeches and orations as we now use flip charts.
By the early middle ages, the easels became more commonplace. These were very large vertically slanted wooden structures filling an entire room with its uprights and crossbars.