Legion@minervakoenig@mastodon.social: @ben Why was it awful?

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Ben Bittner@ben@mastodon.art (2026-09-10 02:35:49)
Still may 25th, still raining, still walking on the endless road that is the CDT south of Grants, NM. This is the last sketch in this awful little Art Creation sketchbook I saw recommended on YouTube. Maybe the guy got affiliate kickbacks. It's cheap, and that's about it.

#watercolor #backpacking #thruhiking
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Legion@minervakoenig@mastodon.social (2026-09-10 02:54:50)
@ben Why was it awful?


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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.