Drawing outside with the NeoLucida Plus
Can you use the NeoLucida to draw outside? Absolutely! Artists have drawn "en plein air" for centuries, and as long as you have a portable easel or table with you, the NeoLucida can be used to draw directly from nature.
Find out more at NeoLucida.com
The easel I use in this video is a "Blick Studio Aluminum Watercolor Field Easel by Jullian" purchased in 2018 and with some personal modifications. Full disclosure: I think it's just "OK." Like a 3.5/5. It is perfectly good for regular outdoor use, but it is a little flimsy when using the NeoLucida, which requires a little more stability to keep the ghost image from shaking.
If you are interested in finding an outdoor easel to use with your NeoLucida, I recommend searching for "Watercolor Easels," which are designed to pivot to horizontal for wet media. I also recommend searching for drawing boards with built-in tripod mounts that you can easily attach to your favorite tripod.
Happy drawing!
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Came across this by accident and I am over joyed. I have been wanting something like this in my life and I thank you for bringing it to us.
What a poignant moment to connect with a place and a moment in history in such an immediate manner! Very touching!
Love the subject selection! So natural and ...unplanned! 🥰
Congrats on your new KZread channel. Subscribe button smashed with all my might! I love how you continue to innovate in this space!
Someone should officially mark that exact spot.
Paris seems so quiet and calm. I'd like to go there to visit the museums, sip a beverage and relax out on the patio at a cafe, and use the NeoLucida to draw. 🙂
@NormanEschenfelder
Жыл бұрын
Quiet and calm. ahahahahhaa
@hohummmsezmoi
Жыл бұрын
@@NormanEschenfelder I've heard there's rioting and that it's unsafe. Guess that's to be taken with a grain of salt.
that is so cool. Caillebotte is one of my favorites.
Loved this!
That is fantastic! I hope you are sponsored to investigate more works of art that used camera lucida.
one more subscriber :-)
Super cool! Oh where can i buy the full gear?? The drawing tripod ?
I am loving this video, due to the variety of uses that are not explained in the manufacturer's videos. I have 2 questions: 1. Can the neo lucida "enlarge" as well or does it only provide projections in one dimension? 2. You mentioned transferring an neo lucida onto canvas... How is that done?
@neo.lucida
9 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment! 1. The NeoLucida can make various scale drawings. The size of the drawing is based on the height of the eyepiece. Raise the eyepiece, and the ghost image you trace gets larger. If you clamp the NeoLucida onto your table, you can go to A3 size/US11x17. If you raise it on a higher shelf or tripod, you can go much bigger! 2. The process I used to transfer the drawing to canvas in our study of the Gustave Caillebotte drawing related to the evidence we found in the canvas as well as the drawing. Find more information here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aHmOk6pxj6y5gqQ.html I used rulers and simple drafting tools to scale up the geometry to the full size canvas. Hope this helps!
Which bit do I look through?
What are you using for the drawing table?
@neo.lucida
9 ай бұрын
I modified a portable easel that can lay flat. I then use a drawing board as the "table." I bought it years ago, but it is similar to this: www.dickblick.com/products/blick-studio-aluminum-watercolor-field-easel-by-jullian/
My image is upside down- I know I'm doing something wrong but can't figure it out.
@neo.lucida
6 ай бұрын
Hi Pat, write us through our website NeoLucida.com/contact and tell us what model you are using and we can help you out.
lol this doesnt surpass the james gurney easel. i do not want that lousy posture on a 1.5 hr plein air session