I did today’s piece after some yoga and meditation. While I was meditating, I saw a lotus flower towards the end, but when I sat down to paint, it didn’t really manifest. I think I had too much of a plan for today’s piece. I wanted to clean my palette so I can make room for new colors, so I was set on using up my old paints. I ended up making succulent colors? I really like some of the shades of greens that I got and I wish I paid more attention to which colors I mixed (brown, yellow, white, blue, green) and for the pink/salmon (white, orange/brown, some shade of red)? I am having a much easier time mixing colors and getting cool shades of colors with gouache than with watercolor. It might just be because I bought larger quantities of cheaper gouache so I’m willing to really use them and mix.

For the message, I wrote my morning affirmation “I’m worthy of my dreams.” This week it feels more believable and real. Some other weeks it feels like I’m just saying the words to say the words.