Heilman boxes are made with the best birch lumber and plywood available. The 5/32” birch plywood is made with premium grade Michigan birch on both sides with 60% red birch grain on one side and class A birch on the other side The box lumber is solid natural birch primum grade. The joinery is made…
Zain Joyce
Good news in the quest for better set ups for painting in studio or on location. John’s new Easel Shelf is doing a good job enabling stable, multi-application use of this new tool. The shelf greatly diminishes to cantilever problem with other tripod shelf attachments. A strong, light, stable and centered ballast of the aluminum…
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As told by Carol Douglas....
The air was perfectly still when we started painting. Unfortunately, neither she nor I thought to weigh down her Heilman pastel box. The wind rose imperceptibly. Whitecaps began to form and bigger breakers crashed along the rocks.
Lynne’s entire kit flew over onto the rocks with a terrible crash.
If you’ve worked in pastels,…
The excitement is high as I try out our new Heilman Designs All-in-One Oil Box®! The wonderful lightness, the stability and the versatility for different sizes of paintings that can be done will be so helpful when hiking off road and painting in small spaces! I like the fact that I can access brushes, paint…
Art & Soul Gallery
In my many years of making art, dealing with different art-forms, learning and sharing with fellow artists I have given gifts that keep on giving. As artists we learn and express our passions each in our own way. This is why I feel so blessed to find a consortium of talent that…
A slip during unloading resulted in this hand injury .
During the booth set up in Monterey I got a cut on the top of my hand that was fairly deep. What a great relief I had the product of a friend to rely on!
Ed "Passi" Pasquerella sent one of his brilliant "Dr.'s Bag" of natural sunscreen, bug repellant…
Ready for the next wave of customers!
Plein Air Convention 2015 Monterey CA
What a whirlwind adventure Monterey was! Calm sunny days, COLD windy days, atmosphere to take ones breath away moment by moment!
We were so busy at our booth I barely got a chance to catch more than a glimse and get it down in…
I’m enjoying the variety of applications of our boxes!
The Sketchbox Double is doing so well for tight plein air experiences with a good palette of colors to work with.
I enjoy how the easel can be used on the box or in my lap and I have recently discovered the Dolica 57” TX570B150SL Aluminum Tripod with Ball Head.
It’s…