Home | Notifications | New Note | Local | Federated | Search | Logout

Note Detail

Reply to @ben@mastodon.art
Legion@minervakoenig@mastodon.social (2026-09-10 02:54:50)
@ben Why was it awful?
---Reply---
Ben Bittner@ben@mastodon.art (2026-09-10 03:22:56)
@minervakoenig It doesn't feel good to paint on. The paper buckles, you can't lift, the color kinda gets muddy. To an extent, the limitations are the point; it forces a single pass, it forces control, it forces speed. But it's not enjoyable, particularly since I'm usually also sketching in a Stillman & Birn that doesn't have those limitations (paint in one, wait for the paint to dry in the other). Of course the S&B costs 3 times as much.

---Replies---

Ben Bittner@ben@mastodon.art (2026-09-10 03:23:57)
@minervakoenig 
But also, I can get a cotton paper sketchbook from China on Amazon that beats them both for ten bucks. If I'm feeling rich, for about the price of a name brand fancy sketchbook, I can buy an Arches pad, cut it down to 4"x5" sheets and use an unbound stack of those, and then if any of them really work, I can sell them as actual paintings.