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
$22.00 - $58.00 -
![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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![Replacement Paint Tubes for the Scout Plein Air Box]()
Reviews
- PNPraveenna N.Verified ReviewerRated 5 out of 5 stars1 month agoReviewingThe Scout Plein Air BoxAs beautiful and lovely as I dreamed of
It is so well made, everything feels luxurious and you can tell it has been hand-crafted with so much care!
Can't wait to use this more
- CRChristina R.Verified BuyerRated 5 out of 5 stars6 months agoReviewingThe Scout Plein Air BoxA work of art
I purchased the Scout in walnut for oil painting. It shipped and arrived very quickly and was packaged beautifully. It’s a work of art in itself. It’s beautifully crafted and there is much attention to detail. I’ve taken it out painting and it carries everything I need. I expect it will last for years and years, and I will take it on every trip!
- WSWilliam S.Verified BuyerRated 5 out of 5 stars7 months agoReviewingThe Scout Plein Air Box" Amless wandering "
It has became my primary take along . I sketch ever day , usual ink and waster color for 1 to 2 hours , usual coffee shops and as weather improves it will be urban sketching.
Excellent qualities and materials ,
Only draw back is it attracts lots of " where did you find that " , " it's beautiful " and invites to join other sketchers.
You did good ,...
Will
- SWspencer w.Verified BuyerRated 5 out of 5 stars1 year agoReviewingThe Scout Plein Air BoxThe best thing I’ve invested in. Ever.
I remember when Margeaux and Walter announced the PLEIN air Scout Pochade Box about 3 years ago. I immediately knew it was something I’d invest in…fast forward to today and I am happy to announce that one of their beautiful, intentional boxes sits neatly on my antique wooden desk, also handmade from New Mexico, and it is the most beautiful sight. It is functional, petite, hardy and hand crafted to be a perfectly compact little art studio. I am most pleased with this investment! The best one I’ve made for my creative practice thus far.
