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Madbrush
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Recently I have been doing a lot more drawing than painting, I haven't given up painting but to relieve the frustration that seems to come with it I want to do more drawing in between paintings, I find drawing extremely relaxing, even more so than my music, when I draw I normally sit on my couch with my pencils and sundries next to me, but often my pencils will roll away and hide themselves between the cushions,, which is also frustrating, me no like, so I had to do something about it, I have several pencil boxes, all of which are bulky and deep, so they take up a lot of room making the area messy as well it being difficult to find stuff since sods law means that everything I need is right at bottom of the box not acceptable, when I want something I generally want it NOW!!!,
Anyway, I bought load of pre-finished MDF normally used for cabinet backing and drawer bottoms, I don't have the means now to prepare it for painting and this stuff has a finish that nothing will adhere to, it's like some kind of plastic coating, so I thought I would make use of it, I used the same stuff to make boxes for my paints a while ago and it's great stuff since there's no need to paint it.
I've ended up with huge pencil case which is just under an inch (2 cm) deep, it's 50 cm X 35 cm and very lightweight.
It consists of two sheets of the above mentioned MDF top and bottom and I picked up an "L" shaped profile with rounded edge on one side from the DIY shop to make the sides of the box, I also picked up a plain profile about 18 mm high and 2 mm thick to create the compartments inside the box to house the items in the second photo, I think how it's put together is self explanatory, but I'll answer questions if need be, the lid as you can probably see just slides in as it would in the old school wooden pencil boxes/domino boxes, when it's in use I just remove the lid which will sit on my lap when I draw and the box will sit next to me so that everything I need is within reach and easy to access, each different item has it's own compartment so I don't have to rummage to find specific things.
Since I'm constantly looking for ways to save space and have some kind of tidiness fetish, I'm so pleased with this that I plan to make myself a little cabinet with similar dimensions to the whole box to store and organise all of my different papers, this box is actually the same size as my Schoelrshammer airbrush paper so I would need to add a centimeter to the width and length, this will also save me rummaging for specific types of paper
Anyway, I bought load of pre-finished MDF normally used for cabinet backing and drawer bottoms, I don't have the means now to prepare it for painting and this stuff has a finish that nothing will adhere to, it's like some kind of plastic coating, so I thought I would make use of it, I used the same stuff to make boxes for my paints a while ago and it's great stuff since there's no need to paint it.
I've ended up with huge pencil case which is just under an inch (2 cm) deep, it's 50 cm X 35 cm and very lightweight.
It consists of two sheets of the above mentioned MDF top and bottom and I picked up an "L" shaped profile with rounded edge on one side from the DIY shop to make the sides of the box, I also picked up a plain profile about 18 mm high and 2 mm thick to create the compartments inside the box to house the items in the second photo, I think how it's put together is self explanatory, but I'll answer questions if need be, the lid as you can probably see just slides in as it would in the old school wooden pencil boxes/domino boxes, when it's in use I just remove the lid which will sit on my lap when I draw and the box will sit next to me so that everything I need is within reach and easy to access, each different item has it's own compartment so I don't have to rummage to find specific things.
Since I'm constantly looking for ways to save space and have some kind of tidiness fetish, I'm so pleased with this that I plan to make myself a little cabinet with similar dimensions to the whole box to store and organise all of my different papers, this box is actually the same size as my Schoelrshammer airbrush paper so I would need to add a centimeter to the width and length, this will also save me rummaging for specific types of paper