Hey, this is Meade with AU2.com and I am back again with some more art tips. Today I'm going to go over some dirt cheap easels and some alternatives to easels. Very few people that I know actually do use an easel. Most people have some sort of reference they're working with, they're working on abstract paintings. or they prefer to work on a large scale. So they have to kind of build their own custom easel. I'm going to show you how to do that in three or four different ways. Alright, let's get to it. Alright, this first way is about the simplest way you can do it. You take a couple of screws, a couple of two by fours, lean them up against the wall and put the screws in there, separate and put your canvas on there. So let's do it. Alright, this is the method that you're going to use for small penises. And this changes depending on whether you want to sit down or stand up. I prefer to stand up. So here I'll set the angle, separate the boards a little bit. Grab my canvas, there you go. That's an easel that's good enough to do a painting. It's pretty sturdy, it's not going anywhere. You can abuse it pretty well. So that is method number one. Let's go over method number two. This method is what you're going to use when you're working on larger stuff. Drummer pop these screws out. And this time let's say I'm working on a large drawing or something like that and I want a good support for it. So what I'll do is I'll make a crossbar just like a standard easel and drill it to these two boards. And this is the first time I've done this. I'm going to do a little bit of the same thing. And this is the first time I've done this. And this is the first time I've done this. And this is the first time I've done this. And this is the first time I've done this. And this is the first time I've done this. And this is the first time I've done this. And this is the first time I've done this. All right. That easel is done. This will cost you about five bucks. Then what you do next is you get a board. So you're going to do some drawing. Alright, that easel is done. This will cost you about 5 bucks. Then what you do next is you get a board. So you're going to do some drawing. You know this mace knife makes a good drawing surface. You go on a back with something heavier so it's not as flexible and you can put it up however you like and just tape your drawing to it or clip it to it and you're good to go. So this way you can change it, you can reconfigure it, move the height, you know, get ready for big painting, small paintings, whatever. Let's go over the next method. I'll break this one down. This easel right here is what everyone uses when they make really big paintings. It's at least like 6 feet tall. It's literally a couple of paint cans. You just move them up, you need the wall, take your surface, canvas, panel, whatever, lean it up and you're done. Seriously everybody that does big work does this. I don't know anyone that doesn't. It's super easy, keeps it off the ground and it works great. This right here is what tons and tons of abstract and processed painters use. Just a couple of solvers and you put your panel or canvas down on that. It's great for watercolor painters. Anyone that needs a flat surface because they're working with a more liquid medium and super cheap. You know you can make your own solvers for about 10 months at pop. You can buy them in the hardware store for like 15 to 30 dollars. So it's still way cheaper than buying an actual easel and honestly reconfigurable and ridiculously sturdy. A bead with aesquared.com and we've gone over four easel alternatives today that are all dirt cheap, super effective and really awesome. So don't go out and buy an easel. That's the theme of today's lesson. Be sure to subscribe to the YouTube channel, hit me up, mead at aesquared.com with any questions that you have. I'll get back to you as quickly as I can. And I am in process of writing my first drawing book. It's going to be on basically any of your perspective. So be sure and watch out for that later. I'll be announcing that here on the YouTube channel and on Reddit whenever it comes out. Thanks a lot.