Lemniscate of Bernoulli

I drew a close on today's painting, and it was the fourth page of this sketchpad. This pad has 16 sheets in total, so I have somehow gotten past 25%. That's making me giddy with both joy and fear. At this rate, I'll have to budget a sketchbook a month? Ha. I used to be very skeptical reading people's art blogs, the way they seem to race through one book after another. However, just like writing and game jamming, filling a sketchbook gets easier after the first one. The more I practice, the better my paintings turn out, and it becomes a virtuous loop reinforcing each other. I do limit myself to one painting a day, so there are days like today where I'm left with excess energy after I finish one. It's a somewhat arbitrary limit, self-imposed because I have a tendency to overdo things. I want this to be sustainable, and to be sustainable I have to be able to pace myself. Maybe eventually I'll soften the limit a little as I gauge the safe zone. Admittedly, there's a bit of escapism at…