Over and over. Again and again.

Repetition isn’t boring. Returning to the same subject, again and again can be illuminating.

It’s not unoriginal. It’s a way of noticing, paying attention, discovering.

A way of building muscle memory, of distilling what you love.

Each return becomes an ongoing creative conversation. Not a rut, more like a rhythm.

A variation on a theme as old as art-making itself.

You don’t always need something new.

Sometimes you just need to stay. To linger. To return.

To pay closer attention to what already lights you up.

That’s how you learn about yourself as an artist. Again and again. Over and over…

P.S. These sketchbook pages grew out of an idea I teach inside Sketchbook Magic: Experimenting with Colour & Pattern If you’d like to try it too, the class is always open, always available for £20.