Beautiful Wooden Paint Box! Lightwish watercolor plein-air easel review

Today we are going to unbox and us the Lightwish Wooden Watercolor Palette, Multifunctional Empty Black Walnut Palette Box Travels Outdoors as an Easel, and a Palette with 27 Wells,Brush Slot and Holders, Cleaning Cup

Pros:
Price (half as much as similar easels)
Great quality
Easy to use
Sturdy
The hardware feels durable, especially the hinges that hold the easel open in place well.

Cons:
I would prefer an additional cupholder instead of the brush holes which were a bit large for comment watercolor brushes.

Bottom line, I really like this, it's well made and fairly priced. If you were looking for something like this I would give it a try!

Credits:
Video production and Craft ideas: Lindsay Weirich
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[thefrugalcrafter]

Update: I heard from lightwish and the brass screws are actually to eliminate shaking when painting, not to hold the paper or block although I suppose they can be used for that. Thanks to everyone who offered that possible solution!

[cheryllapham]

The screws are to hold your paper, support or panel. They screw out to adjust to the width of your surface. Thanks for a fun review. I looked at this but already own several other pressure hinge pochade versions.

[annettefournier]

It would be nice if they included an O ring to go over the cup rim. Then cup would be more secure and wood protected from the wet brush. I know i would be knocking that cup out of that dangling position often with my superb spacial awareness. 😁 Thanks Lindsay. 🎉

[Toasty_Art]

I love watching the paint choosing, pan filling, and colour swatching -- thank you for including that part!

[gcee]

Wrist strap screws onto side, the screws are so you can rest a mount board as a resting place

[pamelasmith]

Absolute perfect review…you covered all the angles of using it, , , thank you so much, , you are the best..

[brendawalsh]

I’m yelling at you to write the names on a new swatch sheet as you are putting the first few paints in. I’ll probably come back and edit this comment to add more as I continue to watch. 😊 I loved this video. Thank you for the awesome review. I have no need for this but you still make me want it😂

[christinetrappenfortes]

Hi Lindsay, I have this box and I love it.
I can’t believe it is $121.00 at Walmart. It is great quality.
Love your video and spending time in your back yard. 😄

[ginabadeaux]

i love having boxes of wood for my paints.very fun looking.thank you

[geriprior]

This is a really good review Lindsay. I have never even considered one, so appreciate you going over all the features and considerations for usage, as well as providing a demo. The product seems reasonably priced for the quality.

[ZeeCeeCreations]

LOVED this one, Lindsay!! Love the easel, loved the plein air with you!! Fun!!

[julial]

I really enjoyed seeing you out in the “wild”!

[mariaalejandracardozo]

Looks nice, probably a little bit difficult to use. I would like the cup to have something to secure it to the hole. I like the swatches 👍 a payne's gray could be a good option for the last empty pan 😅 thanks for the video

[GraceAnnaShack]

Great video thank you for all you do Lindsay I’m back I had a headache last couple days feeling better now…your amazing

[nalissa]

Looks like a fun travel pallet. Thanks again for the review.

[Arusei]

So I know some people who have this pochade box. The inner brass colored screws are for holding down the bottom part of the loose leaf paper you're painting on so you basically loosen it and sandwich the sheet between the board and the screw and then have the top part clipped with the clip they provided. I've even seen people prop up their own larger acrylic boards on the screws to have a larger backing surface and then you can tape your paintings to the board, or you can use the board they provided vertically resting on the screws for a different orientation. The wrist strap is indeed for carrying the pochade through the little black nut thing. Because there are two holes on the sides of the pochade you can technically attach your own shoulder strap and carry it around like a satchel so I'm surprised they didn't include the shoulder strap or extra nuts. You can even attach a phone tripod holder to the side for references

[mjpete]

Hullo Lindsay, I know that you love having a good collection of palettes! I feel like this “box” started from the James Gurney watercolor/Plein Air traveling easel! I am fonder of the magnet versions. Those screws at the bottom of the lid are for keeping a board or block in place using the bulldog clip to hold the top. I have used pans for quite a few years now and I simply must put the color name and brand on a side. If I have to many to keep track of, how do you? I believe that you must have more choices than me! I am sure everyone knows by now that I will be putting DaVinci Watercolors in my empty pans! You are truly inspirational and just so gosh darn talented! Yes, I do believe in talent. NOT that you must have talent for art. I believe everyone has the capacity to create artworks, it just seems to be so much easier for some than others! I am a believer in the artistic temperament or artistic desire to create for many Artists. If I am not creating or working with something art related I will start feeling poorly. I have heard that some call it “The itch” and God help the Artist who ignores it! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experience with this easel and showing us some practical working methods for everyday use.

[zenlife]

I love the little box that Leslie Stroz uses for her tiny paintings but I wanted a bigger version. I was looking at the Ugo for a while but that for me is more than 3x the price that this was to buy. As soon as I saw this on your channel I popped into Lightwish for a look and ended up buying one. I had a good look/play with it and then wrapped it up for Christmas. It's summer here in New Zealand at Christmas so it made sense at the time.

[HappyBreathCreations]

Haha “do people even like watching swatching?” 🤣 I’m pretty sure there are YouTube artists whose main thing is swatching! 🤣

Also great, helpful review! I love little gadgets that help make plein air painting a little more accessible! 😍

[allysonberry]

I think the strap is for the bottom thingy to put around your wrist when you are just holding it not using tripod. Nice box for those who use those types of things. Nice review!