SoundOfTheForest @soundoftheforest.bsky.social · 12/01/20259 years ago I needed a mahl stick for painting. I ended up using the handle of an old dollar store butterfly net I bought as a child. There is something poetic about still using it after all these years to paint insects. 31082
frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · 12/01/2025I love what you're doing with dimensions here. The butterfly feels alive to me, like it will fly off the paper once the flowers have been painted. 110
Four Cats in a Trenchcoat @3voidsandatabby.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Oh... I thought the stick in the painting was the mahl stick... I didn't realize that's part of the painting. Dang, you're good. Really really good. 👀 110
