Day work is a draining and untenable drag on my well-being. Daylight is dwindling…blink and it’s November. Pushing through and hope to keep all this interesting.

Continuing to learn to paint with oils. I can see why most prefer them over acrylics, though there’s definitely a learning curve — and a fair bit of mess. It’s a one-step-forward, two-steps-back process at times, but for larger-scale pieces, it seems to be the way to go.

Currently reading: The Notebook: A history of thinking on paper by Roland Allen (2023).