Jef De Corte

1. My son made me a wooden holder to keep all my brushes neatly organized.

2. These cabinets have colored drawers and keep all my oil and acrylic paint tubes organized by color group and easy to find.  

3. My large cabinet filled with art books. Harley Brown’s is definitely one of my favorites, along with Color and Light by James Gurney. 

4. As a mahl stick I am using a handle of an old umbrella. A really cheap solution and one of the best I ever had.

5. These very strong clamps can be moved in any direction and can even hold my iPad Pro for close reference. 

6. The drawing board on my easel is actually a large and sturdy 2-inch-thick piece of isolation foam with a smooth surface. I can attach pieces together to get a larger surface. The soft material allows to pin photos and other stuff to it with needles or pins.

7. This old mannequin has been in my studio for a long time, and I am using it now for a series of charcoal drawings in the sanding technique. 

8. This plastic toolbox holds all my essential materials for charcoal drawings and is easy to take on location or when I am giving workshops.

9. My large record collection. Music is an essential part of my life, and there is always music while I am painting or drawing.