Miko’s First Page

I’ve only done a handful of drawings all year. So today I’m committing to a week of daily practice, and I’m hoping that momentum will carry me forward.
My day 1 page 1. I aimed for 30 min but got carried away and couldn’t stop. One of my favorite things to include in a drawing is patterns. The entire background is my pattern. I am stuck, with too many responsibilities and too little time. This is me deciding it’s time for a change.
Did anyone else have this toy back in the day? It’s a “Teaching Time” clock and it had a music box inside. I loved this toy because it played the song, “Grandfather’s Clock”, which was also the crosswalk music that let you know it was safe to cross the street near my grandmother’s house in Japan. I still love that tune.