This pochade box compactly secures all of your essential art supplies for painting outdoors. Fill your box with your favorite colors, paintbrushes, and sketchbook. Find your spot and quickly transform the box into a mini studio. Learn More
Maple
Walnut
Description
PLEASE NOTE: We have changed the glass palette previously included with the Oil / Acrylic version (and shown in the photographs) to a more durable white Corian version.
The Scout Plein Air Box was inspired by our endeavor to make art every day.
This pochade box compactly secures all of your essential art supplies for painting outdoors. Fill your box with your favorite colors, paintbrushes, and sketchbook. Find your spot and quickly transform the box into a mini studio. Set it on a flat surface or mount it on a tripod, snap the liquid jars, brush holder, and easel in place, clip on your canvas and you are ready to paint!
When stepping outside, perspective changes and we discover unknown parts of ourselves. By making plein air painting a ritual, we are able to better consider our world and our relationship with it. We begin to observe more closely, to better see color, and to hone memory whilst striving to capture fleeting moments.
Sling your Scout Plein Air Box over your shoulder and set out on a painting adventure—you might just find something!
“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something… You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.”
–from The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Watch Walter’s video walkthrough of the features of the Scout.
Read our blog post about developing the Scout.
Details
- FSC-Certified Walnut or Maple from south-eastern USA
- Vegetable-tanned leather
- Brass rivets and button studs
- Steel snaps and buckle
- 1 exterior pocket and 1 interior pocket
- 4 slots for drying canvases (4″ × 6″)
- Threaded tripod mount (standard 1/4 in camera socket. We use a Peak Design Travel Tripod)
Parts Included with All Options
- 1 adjustable and removable shoulder strap
- 2 magnetic drawers
- 1 wooden easel
- 2 snap-on jars (1 oz. / 30 ml)
- 1 snap-on brush holder (holds 8 brushes)
- 2 binder clips for holding the canvas
Additional Parts Included with the Oil / Acrylic Option
- 1 Corian palette
- 4 Ampersand Gessobord canvas boards (4″ × 6″)
- 8 empty paint tubes (22 ml)
Additional Parts Included with the Watercolor Option
- 1 wooden watercolor palette with 12 paint wells and 1 mixing well sealed with EcoPoxy
- 4 Ampersand Aquabord canvas boards (4″ × 6″)
Weight
Approximately 5 lbs. 8 oz.
| Box Only | 8.5″ tall by 6.625″ wide by 4.75″ deep |
| Box with Leather Cover | 8.75″ tall by 6.625″ wide by 5.25″ deep |
| Drawer Inside | 4.875″ long by 3.5″ wide by 1.625″ deep; 0.25″ rounded corners |
| Outside Pouch | 6.5″ tall by 5.5″ wide |
| Inside Pouch | 7.5″ tall by 5″ wide |
| Shoulder Strap | Adjustable from 34.5″ to 46.5″ long; approximately 16″ to 22″ shoulder drop |
| Ampersand Canvases | 6″ wide by 4″ tall by 0.25″ thick |
| Corian Palette | 6″ wide by 4″ tall by 0.25″ thick |
Wooden Watercolor Palette
| Palette | 6″ wide by 4″ tall by 0.5″ thick |
| Paint Wells (×12) | 0.875″ long by 0.5″ wide by 0.25″ deep |
| Mixing Well | 3.438″ long by 2″ wide by 0.25″ deep |
Replacements and Refills
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![Ampersand Art Panels]()
Ampersand Art Panels
$22.00 - $156.00 -
![Replacement Jar for the Scout Plein Air Box]()
Replacement Jar for the Scout Plein Air Box
$4.00 - $30.00 -
![Replacement Brush Holder for the Scout Plein Air Box]()
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![Raphaël Brush Set]()
Raphaël Brush Set
$98.00
Reviews
- JPJennifer P.Verified ReviewerRated 5 out of 5 stars3 days agoReviewingThe Scout Plein Air BoxTo Spain and Back
Little did I know that when I went looking for a plein air pochade small enough for the essentials, with a built in panel carrier, that my choice in the Scout would be inspired by the same story that inspired the making of it. Spain 2022. Jeremy and Nadezda. The rest is history.
As a plein air painter I had a larger setup, but after seeing Jeremy’s, I went on the hunt for something similar, and found the scout. Perfect.
I’ve had my scout box for three years and I absolutely love it. I take it everywhere.
After taking it along and spending yet another week in Spain this spring with Jeremy and Nadezda, it was pointed out to me that the scout I was toting along was similar to Jeremy’s for good reason… and now I feel the urge to write this review.
Walter, you did an excellent job making this. Perfect for those quick sketches, color studies, and ‘bunny squares’.
I’m so grateful that we shared the same trip tumbling down the rabbit hole, and that the result was the making, and the discovery of the scout.
I love using mine with a small tripod perfect to lift it slightly so I can sit cross legged on the ground. I’ve attached some photos of my setup during my most recent painting trip, where Jeremy sat over my shoulder as I captured the ‘bone pit’ in this historic cemetery.
Needless to say, I highly recommend this pochade box to everyone. It’s exactly what I needed, and inspired by one of the most incredible artists of our time. Thank you. 🙏🏻
- CECheri E.Verified ReviewerRated 5 out of 5 stars2 months agoReviewingThe Scout Plein Air BoxFrom this generation forward
In the beginning there was a woman who used to watercolor in the bathtub as a way to release the week with paint and water. Now it’s my turn to enjoy something I have always wanted to learn to do. Should I have waited until I mastered the art of making art to purchase something so special? Oh heck no! There are many sacrifices. I have made over decades that have landed me where I am at today… Without good sturdy hips, and legs to go off on adventures with the rest of the family. It is what it is. But a treasure like this makes staying close by the campsite just to paint a wonderful way to spend the hours while the others are off doing things that legged people do. Best of all, they will have a memories of mom and her little paint box that made her so happy. And I have no doubt it will last our beyond my children’s children. Way to go peg and awl for making such a beautiful product
- RKRikke K.Verified BuyerRated 5 out of 5 stars5 months agoReviewingThe Scout Plein Air BoxBeautiful painting box!
This little, but mighty, painting box met all my expectations. I got it a few weeks ago, and it’s already gotten a lot of use. The craftmanship is impressive! The Scout will be a staple in my indoor and outdoor studio, and I’m so happy I went with it!
- TTeeVerified ReviewerRated 5 out of 5 stars6 months agoReviewingThe Scout Plein Air BoxFUN & Make it all YOU!
I Love love this plein air box! I got the dark walnut, watercolor version... and I use it all the time. It's fun & it keeps you down to just necessities. But you can always bring an extra backpack that has your tripod and extra stuff in it. What artist doesn't love extra stuff! and I love their pouches , got plenty of them, see the picks.This box is crafted so beautifully.I'm so impressed and i'm so inspired every time I use it ! Thank you for your beauty and craftsmanship and your staffs perfect service!
