Two Bags, 44 pounds each. Must contain enough clothing and painting supplies and other necessary items to last three weeks. The suitcases eat up 13.5 pounds. My easel is 10.13 pounds. The canvas boards and the case to carry them weigh 8.5 pounds. Would you believe I am carrying 11 pounds of paint? (overkill, I'm sure...) Let's see, that adds up to 43.13 pounds, leaving 44.87 for everything else! If my calculations are correct, I can take one bikini and a sweater.
I now know how much everything I own weighs. Phone charger? 4 ounces. Tennis shoes? 1.77 pounds. (That's a lot of useless knowledge to be carrying around - I wonder how much it weighs?)
I always knew that some of my paints are made from heavy metals. I just never realized that "heavy" literally means "heavy". I can feel the weight of my cadmium yellows. The heaviest paint on my palette? Cerulean Blue. There. Go impress people at parties with this astounding information.
