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| iPad Mini Sketchbook Setup #1 |
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| iPad Mini Sketchbook Setup inside view |
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| iPad Mini Sketchbook Setup |
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| iPad Mini Sketchbook Setup side view |
I thought the iPad would be the perfect travel sketching tool but the glare on the screen made it impossible to use outdoors in bright light. I kept thinking about how to create a practical way to shield the light. Nothing useful ever came to mind. In the meantime, I have purchased an iPad Mini for outside the house because I found the iPad weighing my purse down with all the other "stuff" we women deem necessary to have at all times! So now I have one for travel and one for the house. Extravagant, I know, but loving it!!!
Last night I was cleaning out a box and came across a beautiful small leather zippered notebook I haven't used in years. It was designed to hold a pad of paper, pen, calculator etc. In a flash of insight, I realized my iPad Mini would fit in this case and I thought of a way to use it for sketching in daylight. The same idea would work with a larger zippered notebook for the full size iPad.
Here are the few simple items needed for this idea: Zippered notebook (the zipper keeps the iPad from slipping out of the case) a bending straw to hold the lid in place, a cleaning cloth, a few makeup sponges to create a slight angle (optional) a piece of rubber shelf lining to keep the iPad from slipping around inside the case while drawing (optional) a stylus for drawing (optional but recommended).
I am going out today and try my new invention. Can't wait!!!!!!
7 comments:
Hi Myrna,
That's a very attractive case!
What stylus do you use? I've been trying several different ones, but so far, they're not fine nibbed or sensitive enough.
Myrna, you're a very clever girl!
Great idea. It's so satisfying when you can find a good solution with things you've already got. Love those Eureka moments.
Looking forward to seeing some of the results.
Creativity journey indeed! Wonderful idea, Myrna.
Hi, Myrna,
Merry Xmas & Happy New Year! Wish you a health and a fruitful 2013! Thank you for blogging and sharing wonderful work. I've learned lots from you. You've inspired me so much. I want to challenge new things always. Please keep up and have a safe Holiday season.
Best wishes, Sadami
I got a mini for Christmas and I love it also. I am going to hunt around for a case similar to yours, thanks for the idea!
Great ideas Myrna, I use my IPad outdoors a lot while I travel. My stylus is a SENSU, which has an actual brush like a small watercolor brush on one end and a rubber nub on the other, I like it a lot!
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