Today I added a few supplies to my collection with 2B pencils and a small sharpener. I stopped by a thrift store and found a nice portfolio satchel to keep things in so I won't loose things as easily.

I found one of my test tracks for the line following robots I build. Its a piece of Masonite with a white dry erase surface on one side and I had painted a black surface on the other. I scavenged a 10.5" long portion off one end of the 26" wide board. So I cut this portion in half and made two drawing boards 10.5" by 13" which easily fit in the portfolio.

I have a handy little book titled "The Water Color Artist's Bible". It has a lot of good tips and techniques. I learned about mounting the water color paper on a drawing board to keep the paper stretched out when wet. Last night I tried this and it worked, my scanned image didn't have the wrinkles. After letting my painting dry fully next to the space heater it dried back to the original flat paper. That was part of the inspiration for setting up my art kit today. That and it took a few minutes finding my supplies last night again.