[Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco]

A much down to earth subject: are you sitting or standing when you paint ?
I normally stand all the time, both working from life and from photos.
Recently though, thanks to a new easel I nerdily bought without considering the height of my studio ceiling, I find myself sitting when I paint smaller canvases.

I realised that the chair, positioned at a distance from the easel, prevents me from getting too close to the canvas and fiddle in small areas, I instead tend to paint at arm's lenght.
Switching from table to easel when I abandoned pencils for oils was the best thing I could do to my neck and shoulders, and maybe some sitting time willmake my days less exhausting!

Ilaria