Metallic Paints

(Friday, November 4, 2016) moon: waxing crescent Capricorn / tarot: two of wands reversed

I am teaching an art class around a rectangular table. There is a craft component, much like clay sculpture: we are painting scenes on cardboard boxes. I am using a smooth, pale golden paint, with an ease of brushability similar to tempera paint. Soft and shimmery.

I run out of the paint, but find small containers of silver and gold and copper paste. At first I am disappointed, because the thickness of the paste is too difficult to spread with a brush. But I soon realize that I have the knowledge and skill set to create my own paint using the metallic pastes. I am a chemist, an alchemist.