easelnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈiː.zəl/us/ˈiː.zəl/a wooden frame, usually with legs, that holds a picture, especially one that an artist is painting or drawing
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Painting & drawing materials
- acrylic
- airbrush
- brush
- canvas
- chalk
- drawing board
- glitter
- Indian ink
- manikin
- mannikin
- oil paint
- palette
- palette knife
- pencil
- poster colour
- poster paint
- sitter
- template
- watercolour
- woodblock
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Frames & structures
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- A white-haired old man was seated before an easel, on which was stretched a large canvas.
- And I didn't glance, even, at the picture on the easel.
- He returned to the easel and stood staring with his hands in his pockets.
- His last unfinished sketch rests on the easel.
- In the work-room stood an easel with a half-finished painting turned face downward, and on the wall hung studies in drawing.