Building an art studio at home...help?!?

[Monique McFarland]

[QUOTE=Allan Rahbek]Monique,
the room looks ideel. I would go for the east facing window for primary light. And a light box, with several "daylight" tubes, under the seiling, for night/suppliment light. Maybe hanging in a railing system so that you can chance the placement if needed.

I would place the depot room behind a curtain of some kind, or doors, on the northern wall. The curtain should me a darker, neutral color to avoid light reflections onto the wet paint. The depot should contain ALL objects that you don't need at hand right now. No shelf with paint tubes or decorations, if you get me? It adds up!!!!

You could have a working table on wheels to move around with the easel, containing palette and so on.

I imagine that you stand in the middle of the room, facing towards the south window, and having the working light inn from the east wall window. The south window could have inside shutters to blind out the light if needed.

The floor could be wood and you could have a

[Allan Rahbek]

You should get the working light from one source only, being it from a window or a group of daylight tubes.

The wooden floor could be covered totally with vinyl, wich can be removed later, or it could be lacquered heavily, for protection, and later sanded to remove paintdrops.

The brick wall.... is it only the dark section that is raw bricks? If so you could place the depot on the eastern wall.

Wall color is not a big issue, light, rather neutral, is what I believe in.

'll be back later.

[Allan Rahbek]

I recently moved into a new room.
I made a light box with 4 "daylight" tubes and hung it in a rail so that I can move it a bit to the side if I want to shift the light direction. The light is situated ca. 3.5 m ( 12') above the floor The light is much more even than in my old studio where the distance was about the half.

I want to be able to change the setup easily, to paint model, still life etc.

[Allan Rahbek]

Is it possible to make the depot behind the new western wall?
The light can slide on a long rail.

[Debra Norton]

Monique, we've just finished building a house which includes a new studio for me, so new I haven't been able to move in yet. We put a wood floor in the studio. Obviously I haven't painted in here yet, but I spent four years at an art school with wood floors. It was an old building with old floors but they've stood up well to the use and abuse of the students. I've found that paint wipes up easily, and I spilled turp too and it didn't cause any problems either. I also like the idea of having a wood floor for including it in a painting.