Examples from literature

• As a youngster I had planned to study architecture, as I had developed some talent at the drawing board. 
• Each of the two inventors had his own drawing board, designed to swing out from the wall at the press of a button. 
• His drawing board was littered with sketches and diagrams when the phone rang, breaking in on his thoughts. 
• Most architects still hold to the old-fashioned drawing boards supported upon trestles, and mostly from the simple inertia of custom. 
• There was a desk supporting a drawing board, with a chair set before it.