Writing And Organizing Notes
Each note has a title, tags, and a rich-text body.
There is no single required way to structure a note. You might keep one note for a developing artwork, one for an entire project, or a recurring studio log with observations over time.
Writing the note body
Section titled “Writing the note body”The formatting toolbar lets you use:
- headings
- bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough text
- bulleted and numbered lists
- block quotes
- links
- undo and redo
Headings and lists can make longer research or planning notes easier to scan. Links are useful for keeping external references beside the Artlope records and files connected to the note.
Adding tags
Section titled “Adding tags”Use the Tags field for short labels that help you find notes again.
For example, you could tag notes by:
- project or series
- material or technique
- stage, such as
research,in progress, orresolved - subject or theme
- type of note, such as
studio logorinstallation plan
As you type, Artlope suggests tags you have already used. Reusing the same wording keeps related notes together in search results.
Tags organize notes independently from artwork categories. If a note relates to a category or another record in Artlope, add that record as a mention as well.
A useful way to divide information
Section titled “A useful way to divide information”Keep information that describes an artwork, exhibition, submission, or portfolio in that record’s own fields. Use a note for the thinking around it: early ideas, research, decisions, questions, reflections, or plans.
You can then connect the note to all relevant records with mentions. This keeps the context together without copying the same text into several places.