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Artist & Studio Wooden Easels · 8 models

Studio Easels — Wooden Mast Easels for Working Painters

A studio easel is the general-purpose adult format: a single mast on a wide base, a tray that carries the brushes and the medium, and a clamp that holds the canvas at whatever height the painter is working. The market separates studio easels from H-frames by structure, but the buyer's question is the same - how much canvas will it hold, how high does the mast travel, and will it stay still while I paint.

The models in this group are the working end of the adult line. They are heavier than an A-frame, they usually do not fold, and they are bought one at a time by retailers and in small quantities by schools and studios. The specification record states the mast travel, the maximum canvas and the load where the supplier records it; where a number is missing the page says confirmed per model rather than publishing a range that would be wrong for half the models behind it.

Typical range

Height rangetypically 70-190 cm of mast travel; per model
Maximum canvastypically 70-130 cm; per model
Loadtypically 10-30 kg on this group; per model
Structuresingle mast on a wide base, with a brush tray
Woodbeech, pine or plywood depending on the model
MOQquoted per model

What buyers check first

  • Ask for the mast travel in centimetres and the maximum canvas separately; a studio easel can take a tall canvas only with the tray low, and that is not the same as a comfortable working height.
  • Confirm the base geometry - a wide splayed base resists a heavy canvas, a compact base does not.
  • Check whether the height adjustment is a crank, a ratchet or a friction clamp, because that decides how the easel behaves when the canvas is heavy.
  • Ask for the load figure and how it was assessed, then compare it with the canvas sizes your customer actually paints.

FAQ — Studio Easels

What canvas size does a studio easel hold?

Most studio easels in this catalogue carry a canvas of roughly 70-130 cm on the long side, with the larger figure only at full extension. The maximum canvas field on each product page is the figure the supplier records, and it refers to the canvas the frame will hold at working height rather than a theoretical maximum with the tray at the floor. If a buyer needs a specific size - a 100 x 120 cm canvas is a common studio size - send it with the enquiry and we check it against the models.

Will a studio easel hold a heavy canvas?

It depends on the load figure and the base, and both are on the record. A studio easel is the format built for a larger canvas, but the load is carried by the base and the clamp, not by the mast alone, so a compact base under a heavy canvas is the failure mode to avoid. Where the supplier states a load we publish it in kilograms; where the record is silent we say confirmed per model, because a guessed load figure is worse than no figure at all.

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