ARTEZAWooden Desktop Easel with Drawer and Palette, Art Supplies for Portable Sketching, Drawing, and Painting with a Variety of Mediums

I already have one of those table top box easels where the inside of the box is behind the propped up lid. Bit impractical, as everything is hidden and behind the easel with your paper and you have to have space in front of you to lay all your materials so you see them.I was trying to find a way to use a very small desk, to be able to have paper on a canvas and have the materials available in front of me. Or be able to take it to paint outside on a table.Then I found this, which is perfect!It has a drawer that comes out at the front.I do acrylic and watercolour painting.As a note, the drawer is very shallow and has fixed dividers, so my acrylics paint materials didn't fit. So I keep them in my other, bigger easel box.But my basic kit of flat watercolour box and paintbrushes fit perfectly and it is wonderful to have a basic set of everything together in one place, including an easel. I chose this one, as the easel is solid wood, allowing you be able to use paper to paint on.The other similar boxes available only have slats, for canvas boards or canvasses, where to paint on paper, you would have to fasten it to a board first.You have to have the box on a flat surface to carefully pull put the drawer.I think there was a wooden paint palette included in the drawer, which would be for oil painting only. I took it out.This box easel is good quality, wood, nicely finished, feels sturdy, has a nice handle and is a joy to take out.I have my accessories e.g. masking fluid, tape other paints in a separate plastic box.But it is a different experience, an 'old fashioned' joy to pull out this quality wooden box easel with my main watercolour paints and brushes.

Item works fine, looks nice, made of strong wood but lightweight enough to be carried with ease. I wouldn't even have left a review at all since all I'd be saying is 'yup, it works', except for one thing: it's missing the wooden boards to add the segments to the drawer.In the promotional pictures, in reviewer photos and on the box, it shows (and even states) that the drawer comes with some wooden boards to provide it with segments for organisation. My own one did NOT come with these. I've looked over the item itself from every angle and checked the box multiple times, but they are NOT there. I don't know if the boards were meant to be removed and simply weren't added to this one's box, or if they were fixed in place and were never attached to this one, but either way, my drawer is completely empty.In the end though this is a benefit to me, since I'm using it to store pencils, paper and sketchpads, but there are undoubtedly some people out there who WOULD find them useful. As said, I wasn't even going to post this review at all since everything else is fine, but this one thing is a sticking point. You're being sold something you aren't actually being given, and as every other review points out, I'd wager this is due to absolutely ABYSMAL quality control on the product. I've yet to have any issues with the hinges or latches, but being sold with MISSING PARTS is a big problem in itself.

Well made, just what I needed to improve my art skills as drawing on a flat surface is not ideal when it comes to perspective. Handy draw for storing my pencils etc.

I like the build quality. It is a shame the hinges used for the drawing board were not recessed as this means the board does not go flush when closed. I intend to change the hinges myself.

Nice compact and lightweight. Very good quality better than I thought it would be. Sturdy when using easel. So much so I bought another one.

The hinges are all fitted surface, should be recessed

Ordered for Christmas present and not even opened it yet !!!However it came vey quickly and was well packaged

Very sleek design, sturdy and great quality. For once cheaper here than on their website so happy days

I was hesitant to get this based on so many negative reviews. I don't expect something at this price point to be so durable. The draw has a wide drawer rail, opens and closes easily, and will hold up in time. I use this for drawing and coloring in color books. The bottom, fold down rail can dig into my wrist if coloring/drawing near the bottom of the page, but, folding it up, and placing the book on top of the rail makes the book flush with the bottom rail, and doesn't touch my wrist, and the rail easily folds back down to move to other sections. I am so pleased with this desktop easel, that it lives on my desk and holds the latest coloring/drawing project on it.

No era para mí, era un regalo, y le ha encantado. Funciona bastante bien y el cajón es espacioso. Además se puede llevar como un maletín.

Produit bien et pratique

Mi ci trovo molto bene e lo consiglio!

As a cabinetmaker i can tell you that this is well built and thoughtfully designed. The quality and precision of the woodwork is excellent. I love the finish, though some of the infrequently visible parts are left unlaquered. I don't mind as it's an art fixture, though i would have liked to see a more thorough finishing job. The hardware is simple and elegant. The work surface can be propped up at four angles with the stepped rail and support inside, and an extra angle or two is achievable by letting the support lay flat as a wedge behind the work surface, or using a very small step where the rails join. The drawer functions with a tongue and groove style of joinery with clasps on each side to keep it closed. I would have liked if it was not segmented but it does add to the strength of it's construction. The divisive rails are inset and it includes a cover panel to keep things in place when it's closed. Some may be annoyed by the hinge protruding where you set your canvas because it's impossible for it to sit flat but it's otherwise very functional. I am just colouring pages personally so i just tuck the paper behind the hinge and keep the flap up to hold it in place instead of supporting something. A perfectionist would mention that the support flap is not quite thick enough to sit at a perfect ninety degrees when flat against the work surface but that detail is cosmetic only. I would have also liked to see some small bumper pads on the inner corners of the work surface to keep the spacing the same as the hinge side when closed but this clasp hardware doesn't allow for that to be added. The unit has some non-slip feet screwed on to the bottom of it's frame. Overall i am very happy with this purchase. When i was colouring just flat on my desk i was causing myself some pain and discomfort after a while, but this easel relieves and prevents that, giving me a great ergonomic surface to colour on. Well worth the $52 or so that i paid.