My paper notebooks cycle:

Romanticize paper notebooks

Buy a dozen, including #hobonichi , #fieldnotes , and #molskine

Fill a page with my janky handwriting and crude sketches

Set the notebooks aside

Wait six months

Repeat

This is an oil painting using a reference from the #caneyo telegram chat. I actually started out in watercolor and pencil on #molskine paper, then sealed it and carried on in oil. I loved the reflections of her face in the french horn, and how it reminded me of a portal to another dimension. This got very little attention on IG, but I actually love it! What do you think? #artofmastodon #MastoArt #oilpainting #watercolor #curator #humanartist #sketchbook #portrait