Features:

  • A portable miniature desk that converts to a painting easel
  • An easel that adjusts to four different positions
  • Has a drawer with three compartments to hold brushes and other essential gear
  • Cleverly designed and light-weight yet sturdy
  • Accommodates canvas art and prints up to 11 x 14 inches
Awesome for travel!

I keep this guy in my car typically and use it for art MeetUps where we draw a model in various poses! It's so difficult to draw well when you don't have an easel, and I don't want to carry a big hulking thing everywhere, so this is great! The little drawer is awesome too. There's enough room to fit a small sketchbook, a decent amount of paint brushes and pencils, an eraser, a small watercolor palette, and a water tin or two (you can probably guess what my preferred medium is. Lol). Pros: good size, good for travel, storage space, compactable, holds decent amt of stuff Cons: unfinished wood can chip off easily -careful not to splinter yourself; sometimes the latches are a little loose; drawer could stand to be deeper or wider - the separation grids in drawer could be a blessing OR a curse Overall, I honestly love it! It's so cheap and people are always saying they like it a lot! It just needs some color and wood finish and it's perfect - well, for me anyways! Maybe I can update this when I decide to color it and all that! 😊

Sweet for what it is & what it Can be

This is an awesome little desk easel. I had seen it in art supply stores a few times before breaking down and getting it here. It's unfinished wood, so gift opportunities abound as it has a plethora of uses beyond the obvi. The drawer is quite shallow; certainly not deep enough for a tube of acrylic. It's much more suited to your dry medium tools, and "sample" sizes. :) My brushes are also too long to fit- so my drawer is generally just for looks, haha. However, with that in mind, I pretty much use it around the house anyway. It's great for an easy change of scenery without lugging the big easel around. It holds a little canvas panel just great. Also it was the perfect thing to bring over Christmas Vaca this year. It was cheap, so I'm not worried about it getting broken. It packs up super easy into a basket with my pallet and the essentials, and I'm pretty much always ready for inspirational adventure now. Totally recommend. Update 2017: found a use for the drawer: colored pencils! Also, what took this from occasional tool to everyday staple... Repurposed as Music Stand. As it's wooden and especially with all the pencils, this easel can actually hold its own against some very hefty books. I recently started using it as a stand while playing Ukulele around the house. I have a regular metal music stand. This is super easy to grab and go, for pretty much all the same reasons you might choose it over a traditional easel. Really you could use it for any heavy book reading- studying and the like. This would probably be useful for students: pens, highlighters, post-its, etc. could go in the drawer. The possibilities are endless. ;)

A unique tool for painting

This is a really cleverly designed and helpful tool for artists, yet inexpensive. Whoever invented this is just plain genius! It made artist's life easier. You can place this easel on any flat surface. It comes with a handle, and everything latches into a place, so it is fully portable. This perfect little table top holds my painting in place perfectly. I use it every time I paint. The drawers hold things nicely, so your brushes and tubes of paint do not go rolling all over. The price is just right, so I feel I can just plunge right in and paint. This set also helped me learn what supplies I like, so when I get ready to select more advanced/expensive supplies and tools, I will know what I want. It is also handy to take outside to draw and paint. It would also be a good gift for someone who wants to paint. The smaller size definitely has its advantages, since this can be easily moved from place to place. Even if you own a full sized easel, this would be handy to have for portability. You can even pair this up with Art Tools.More or less they are at the same advantage. This is great for beginners and advanced painters. I would definitely recommend this awesome piece of tool to all painters who wish to make their lives a little breezy when painting.

Great product love it

Great product just a few times I give 5 points but this is something that you need to have if you love to paint

Excellent Customer Service

The easel was great - except the hinge was basically broken upon delivery, thus the easel part could not be confidently raised into position. My five star rating reflects both the satisfaction experience dealing with customer service and the easel itself. Dealing with Art Alternatives was an extreme pleasure. Upon giving them my Amazon order # and a picture of the issue, they immediately offered to replace at no charge and with no shipping issues. The customer service rep I spoke with was understanding and kind. I've dealt with very poor 3rd party Amazon companies. Very glad to say Art Alternatives is one of the good ones. Would gladly purchase from them again.

3 or 4 star quality. 5 star functionality. Great price. I love mine.

The small desktop easel arrived quickly. And looked exactly as pictured. I paid about $13.00 for it. I found it to be a great deal. The wood was unfinished or near unfinished (I'm no expert on woodworking), but it didn't seemed to be sealed. But it was well sanded, and felt smooth to the touch. I would have left it as it was except I do expect to use this around water & humidity, so I removed all the hinges/handles and gave it two good coats of polyurethane (which I already had from another project. small can $7.00 homedepot). As other reviews have mentioned there is a part that is not wood. it's under the easel, and above the drawer. I gave it two coats of poly as well. The drawer doesn't have much height. You can fit paint brushes in it. and two layers high of colored pencils or drawing pencils. sharpener. etc. but paint tubes except smaller water color tubes probably won't fit. personal notes as an artist: -I find the little flip down shelf that is made to hold the sketchbook/canvas to be in my way when I'm drawing or inking details. So I leave it flipped up and set my sketch pad on the lip of that instead. -The back support has openings as you can see in the listings photos. This help keep it lighter. I prefer a fairly solid support for drawing. So I lay another piece of wood or heavy duty cardboard then lay my drawing pad or etc on top of that. I realized that if I set a piece of glass or plexi-glass on the support instead then shine a light from the back, it can be used as a lightbox. which is awesome! (You'll have to work around the bar shadow lines of course) -I have a large french easel for my big paintings/drawings. But can't always bust that out as it's rather big and intrusive. This small one is un-intrusive, portable, and great for sketching or smaller works. Overall I give it's initial (as it arrived, not water sealed) overall quality a 3 or 4 star, and it's functionality and usability for me is 5 stars. I love it.

Personal Portable Easy Easel

This is a beautifully made small Easel. The easel and the drawer have individual locks holding them in place when it is collapsed. The tilt portion has four different level adjustments which is great for individual choices. A nice drawer with 3 sections and a flat wooden palette. A nice flat laying handle finishing this light weight personal easel. I love to paint, I have been attending the painting for fun groups and wanted to do more on my own at home. This is the perfect size for me, since I don't have room for a full size easel. Since it is portable I can take it with me when I travel.

Worthy of all 5 stars!

As I previously reviewed on light pad, my son does government intel work. I surprised him with a selection of art tools to assist in his presentations. This adjustable desk was part of the surprise pkg. He said this is the best surprise box I have ever sent. He said he wanted something like this for a long time just never got around to buying it. I have not seen it except on the computer but my son says it is very well made and suits all his needs. He was full of praises. Based on his opinion, which is reliable, I would say buy with confidence.

This is a great buy at an unbelievable price

This is a great buy at an unbelievable price. I ordered it on Tuesday and received it Thursday (today) morning. It came assembled and ready to use. It's lightweight. Full of space to add the pencils, paints, and brushes I use the most. It's perfect for sketching or painting. I love it! I would recommend you won't be disappointed.

A winner gift

This is a real handy little gift for a child or even an adult I think. I had gotten it for Grandchildren and very happy with it. Grandchildren loved the area for storing supplies and extra palett inside.

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