diff --git a/src/gui_qt/graphs/graphwindow.py b/src/gui_qt/graphs/graphwindow.py
index 2f44954..c213bd0 100644
--- a/src/gui_qt/graphs/graphwindow.py
+++ b/src/gui_qt/graphs/graphwindow.py
@@ -637,6 +637,10 @@ class QGraphWindow(QtWidgets.QGraphicsView, Ui_GraphWindow):
 
         dic['in_legend'] = in_legend
 
+        dic['drawings'] = []
+        for d in self.drawings:
+            dic['drawings'].append(d.get_value())
+
         return dic
 
     def get_state(self) -> dict:
diff --git a/src/gui_qt/io/exporters.py b/src/gui_qt/io/exporters.py
index e089991..5023e32 100644
--- a/src/gui_qt/io/exporters.py
+++ b/src/gui_qt/io/exporters.py
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ class GraceExporter:
             else:
                 data.data = c_[item['x'], item['y']]
 
+        for item in self.__opts['drawings']:
+            print(item)
+            draw = self.__agr.new_drawing()
+
         for c in new_colors:
             self.__agr.set_color(c[1], c[2], idx=c[0])
 
diff --git a/src/nmreval/io/graceeditor.py b/src/nmreval/io/graceeditor.py
index 61c27db..59efe9b 100644
--- a/src/nmreval/io/graceeditor.py
+++ b/src/nmreval/io/graceeditor.py
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ class GraceEditor:
 
         return self.graphs[-1]
 
+    def new_drawing(self, dtype: str = 'line'):
+        obj = GraceDrawing(dtype)
+        self.drawing_objects.append(obj)
+        return self.drawing_objects[-1]
+
+
     def new_set(self, graph):
         s = None
         g_idx = -1
@@ -193,6 +199,8 @@ class GraceEditor:
 
                         self.graphs[-1].append(line)
 
+        print(self.drawing_objects)
+
     def _make_graph(self, line: str):
         m = self._RE_GRAPH_START.match(line)
         g_idx = int(m.group(1))
@@ -324,6 +332,86 @@ class GraceEditor:
 
 
 class GraceDrawing(list):
+    type_map = {'text': 'string', 'rectangle': 'box'}
+
+    def __init__(self, draw_type: str):
+        super().__init__()
+
+
+        if draw_type not in ['rectangle', 'line', 'ellipse', 'multipts', 'text']:
+            raise ValueError(f'Unknown drawing object {draw_type}')
+
+        draw_type = GraceDrawing.type_map.get(draw_type, draw_type)
+        self._type = draw_type
+
+    def _create_box(self):
+        text = """\
+@with box
+@    box on
+@    box loctype world
+@    box 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0
+@    box linestyle 1
+@    box linewidth 1.0
+@    box color 1
+@    box fill color 1
+@    box fill pattern 0'
+@box def
+"""
+        for line in text.split('\n'):
+            self.append(line + '\n')
+
+    def _create_ellipse(self):
+        text = """\
+@with ellipse
+@    ellipse on
+@    ellipse loctype world
+@    ellipse 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0
+@    ellipse linestyle 1
+@    ellipse linewidth 1.0
+@    ellipse color 1
+@    ellipse fill color 1
+@    ellipse fill pattern 0
+@ellipse def
+"""
+        for line in text.split('\n'):
+            self.append(line + '\n')
+
+    def _create_line(self):
+        text = """\
+@with string
+@    string on
+@    string loctype world
+@    string 0.0, 0.0
+@    string color 1
+@    string rot 0
+@    string font 0
+@    string just 0
+@    string char size 1.000000
+@    string def ""
+"""
+
+
+    def _create_line(self):
+        text = """\
+@with line
+@    line on
+@    line loctype world
+@    line g0
+@    line 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0
+@    line linewidth 1.0
+@    line linestyle 1
+@    line color 1
+@    line arrow 0
+@    line arrow type 0
+@    line arrow length 1.000000
+@    line arrow layout 1.000000, 1.000000
+@line def
+"""
+        for line in text.split('\n'):
+            self.append(line + '\n')
+
+
+
     def __str__(self):
         return ''.join(self)
 
@@ -605,7 +693,6 @@ class GraceSetProps(GraceProperties):
         self.set_property(**_kwargs)
 
     def set_symbol(self, **kwargs):
-
         _kwargs = {'symbol '+k: v for k, v in kwargs.items()}
         if 'symbol' in kwargs:
             _kwargs['symbol'] = kwargs['symbol']