I wasn’t sure if I could hear a different tone of voice for my message, and I didn’t want to overcomplicate it. I got some new sketchbooks and watercolor pads because they were on sale. I was really eager to start working through Mel Armstrong’s Floral Patterns in Gouache class, because it comes with a 30 days of sketchbook floral prompts so I spent most of the day painting flowers and small patterns using gouache.

As I was getting tired and wondering if I should make more art to capitalize on the momentum, I randomly heard “steady as she goes” in my head, like the song from The Raconteurs. That took me by surprise. I really like binging on my interests until I’m sick and tired of them. I have a hard time pacing myself if I’m really interested in something. I can never put a good book down or save an episode for later or log off and not play just one more game. So the message felt very different for me, like my intuition was telling me that I can put down painting for the day, there will be 30 more days of prompts, as many days of art as I’d like there to be and I don’t have to do it all now.

I didn’t intend on drawing a map but after I started adding the little embellishments and I looked at it, it felt like it need a winding road. Like my intuition was telling me there is still a long road ahead. Be steady. Take it one day at a time.