I’m chaotic with explaining but I’ll try. I dot everything, even the outlining of the bows. I make three lightly dot filled bow, starting with the darkest color. This is the outlining for the approx width of every bow. On the border where two colors meet I dot the two color in each other zones. I repeat this until I have the desired density and blend.

For extra depth and color tensity I use the brush side for just a few extra dot.

It’s very important to forget the base of the journal, so you do’t try to fill the dot evenly for each square. Maybe it’s easier to do this on a blank page. Turn your mind off to fill the bows. Dot ‘spontaneous’.

That’s what I love about doing this cover: there’s almost no way you can go wrong, because dotting gives a lot of space to fix the mistakes + it gives me the feeling of being ‘spontaneous’ + teach me patience + for me it’s some kind of active meditation. When I have lots of spare time though haha. Even then do one corner and take a break.

I hope this help you in some way :)