studio tips 1
1.Wrap masking tape around wax crayons to stop them breaking in half.
2.Hang up a sticky tube of glue or paint by fixing a strip of masking tape over the bottom end. Pin this to a board.
 Or, use a bulldog clip over the end.
3.Cotton wool buds make great disposable brushes.
4.Emery boards are good for getting a needle sharp point on  pencils
5.Greaseproof kitchen paper makes a good substitute for tracing paper.
6.Hair spray is useful to fix drawings with.
7.Coloured nail varnishes make unusual finishes on crafts and cards.
I use them a lot on my Eggstraterestrials for special paint effects.
8.Lemon juice is good for getting ink stains off your fingers.
9.Use a piece of corrugated ribbed card to hold pastels and chalks,
 and stop them rolling about.
10.If you spill drawing pins every where, use a magnet to pick them up!

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Tips 2; recycling
1.Use plastic milk carton lids as small individual paint holders.
2. Chocolate box trays make good disposable pallets too. They are also good for sorting beads in.
3. Cut the top off plastic milk cartons, and use for mixing plaster in, or larger quantities of paint. 
4. Whole plastic cartons are good for keeping larger amounts of paint in; water or acrylic based.
5. Old tooth brushes are great for splatter work, and scumbling.
6. Biros that have dried up are good for embossing foil and scoring paper and card.                                              
7. Cut up old washing up sponges into squares, use for painting/daubing paint. Clamp the sponge bits in a clothes peg for a handle.
8. If your pencils are made from fragrant cedar wood, save the shavings and sew them into small muslin bags. Place them with your expensive sable brushes; cedar wood is a moth repellent.