I’m not sure what it’s made of but it’s really clever because it just holds your pencils in place. This is a wonderful item because I can store the pencils I’m working with in it very quickly and easily. There’s a really amazing fibre inside the Pencil Buddy. This (smaller sharpener) is really handy for when I need a shorter but very sharp tip. I use my Derwent Superpoint Sharpener for creating a really long sharp point which is great for various techniques in graphite pencil drawing.įor my colored pencils I love my little Pencil Buddy (a pencil storage solution from Derwent Products). I have some sandpaper ready for sharpening my pencils on if I need to, or for cleaning the tip of my paper stump. I’ve also got a plastic eraser, some putty erasers and my smaller Derwent hand held sharpener. If I’m after a paper that’s got a slight bit more texture and is slightly thicker and nicer to work on (for rough sketches or ideas) then I use my Derwent sketchpad. It’s just cheap paper and I know that I can use a lot of it if I want to. I love to have that handy just for rough sketches or ideas. I also have a little pile of just plain ordinary printing paper.

I choose to use St Cuthberts Mill Saunders Waterford as the best quality paper for my final artwork. What else have I got? Oh I’ve got paper (to the left side of my table easel). I like to keep a little pad of printing paper right beside me and also a pad of best quality paper ready for completing my artwork. Saunders Waterford Paper by St Cuthberts Mill and Derwent Sketching Paper I just keep those handy in front of me so they’re easily accessible and I can reach them when I need some more information about my work. I’ve also got my wonderful perspective drawing that I prepared for this study ready for the final artwork. In this case I have my rough sketch that I created when I first began the art work. In front of me I keep reference materials (for my current project). This is because I’m working on a perspective drawing at the moment, I need a nice long ruler (for all the perspective lines). Over to my right (because I’m right-handed) I keep all of my pencils, my craft knife, a pen eraser and an electric eraser. I’ve also got a lovely (mop style) paintbrush which is really good for brushing any excess erasings off my page. In addition I have a (small) ruler and a really large ruler here as well.

I’ve taped it in on all four sides (using masking tape) so that it sticks to the board (and doesn’t move). I also have my reference photograph which is just clipped to the board. On my table I have the current drawing that I’m working on. Table easel with artwork taped on 4 sides

Light up drawing table