Home Art Studio Setup

Trying to get a home art studio setup on a student budget? Mr. Chambers has been there. Here are photos below of items he made in his studio from items found in his workshop and attic. :) You can also find items at non-art stores that will suit your needs just fine.

The one on the left is attic-salvage. The one with the nice drawers and wheels is from hayneedle.com.

These three are from IKEA and PotteryBarn (middle, white chest). Wheels are essential for adjusting to your studio setup on the fly.

You can easily make this easel from 1×4 and 2×4 lumber (details below), or purchase the “Golden Oak”  from dickblick.com (about $130).

 The still-life table should be about chest high. Build “walls” on the sides to hang your backdrop cloth, anchor lights, etc. to enable you to design beautiful still-life arrangements.

A third “wall” was added to block out the ambient room light simply by clipping a sheet of cardboard to the permanent rear wall.

You can make your still-life table as nice and fancy as you’d like.

I prefer to spend my time painting. :)