Encaustic

Today, before the day really began, I sent orders in for the completion of my encaustic studio setup.  Later in the morning I sent in an order for more transparent lidded cans and a grill thermometer.  Then I began working on several projects including cutting a panel out of a skirt that is too large for me, cutting the wood to support the smaller dimensions of the painting of pomegranates that didn't quite fit the frame I had for it, and composing and projecting the image of Marge on the canvas.  Midway through my work on the portrait I realized that the easel was coming apart and paused to fix it.  I looked into the pigment bottles I purchased many years ago and discovered some lovely but dangerous materials that would just as well be bound up in encaustic medium and used for paintings before someone is accidentally poisoned.  These include alizarin crimsom, cadmium red and deep cadmium yellow as well as red oxide and a bright blue cobalt which has about a quarter of the bottle left from whatever project I used it.  Going forward this will mean I won't need to purchase red paint for quite a while.  Tomorrow, after going to the temple I will pick up my prints from the SCERA where they have been on exhibit for the past two months.  I will stop by Jeffs office and get the support check.  I need to stop by the bank to break a fifty and get a replacement for a torn $5.00 bill.