Please Note
Our Small Batch Bartram Cherry items are excluded from discounts and are final sale.
Eight years ago, a storm brought down a cherry tree at Bartram’s Garden – the oldest surviving botanical garden in North America — and they invited us to mill it down and give it a new life! As the wood air-dried and transformed from tree to lumber, we, too, changed. Once ready, we set to work making this collection of truly one of a kind pieces, and they are eager to be set free, to transform your space and your work. A storm felled it. Time dried it. We shaped it. Now it's yours to make something with. Learn More
Description
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
- Cherry from a storm tree milled at Bartram’s Garden
- 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
- 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
- 1 Corian palette
- 4 Ampersand Gessobord canvas boards (4″ × 6″)
- 8 empty paint tubes (22 ml)
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 |
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
