James Gunter's Studio

Probably what most people imagine a painter's palette to look like is an oval or kidney shaped thin board with a thumb hole in it. I ...

8" x 10" Oil on Panel Quercus gambelii , otherwise known as Gambel oak - or more simply, scrub oak - is a common shrubby tree ...

5" x 7" Oil on Panel The title of this post (with a nod to the Boy Scouts of America) is admittedly advice I've never been...

A reader asked how I attached my home made pochade boxes to a tripod. I think that might be a good subject for a new post, so here it is....

The combination of being an   outdoor painter   and a  woodworker has resulted in me making a lot of my own painting equipment out of wo...

Panel Holders. Front One For 16" x 20" Panels and Back One For 18" x 24" Panels. Last December I did a blog post a...

Caution : do not set your easel up in the middle of the road! When painting on 8" x 10" or smaller panels I use one of my pocha...

This was originally posted on a plein air painting forum. It was in response to a question someone on the forum had about how to hold open ...