A still larger one, measuring 10×14, can be procured for 70 cents. Any thing beyond this must be made to order, and will in that case be more expensive in proportion.
A small camp stool is necessary to the sketching outfit, and this should be made as light as possible. These are made in various shapes, so as to fold up as tightly as possible, and are provided by all dealers at from fifty cents up.
Some are even to be found combined with the sketching easel. These are very convenient, being made in so compact a form as to occupy very little more space than either an easel or camp stool separately.
Such an apparatus costs $5.50 at retail. The small, light folding easel for sketching, which is only 4½ feet high, costs $2.50, while a stool which stands upon three legs when open and folds into the shape of a thick cane can be bought for $1.00.
THE UMBRELLA.
A sketch can not be truthful to nature and carefully studied, with the sun shining in one’s eyes or upon the paper; it is therefore well to be provided with an umbrella.
The sketching umbrella is generally of creamy white or very light gray cotton. It is so constructed as to be separated from the long stick upon which it is arranged when in use, this stick itself being divided into two or more parts, according to its length. These are arranged to fit into each other firmly, the lower end terminating in a long, sharp iron point which is to be planted in the ground.
The umbrella itself is furnished with a rather short handle, and is attached to the long staff by a movable screw joint which permits of its being arranged at any angle necessary to protect the sketcher from the sun.
The whole outfit complete with a waterproof gingham umbrella costs $8.00.
The long folding stick is sold separately. This is 6 ft. high with an adjustable joint to which any ordinary umbrella can be fastened. These cost about $3.00.