After a lot of frustration, I came to the conclusion that the way I had been painting my "Goldilocks" pieces was crap. So I started with the cover and re-painted almost everything. I'm much happier now and can sleep soundly at night.
I made a new sketchbook yesterday, because I needed some motivation to sketch more! I'd like to work in it everyday, but we'll see how it goes. These are my first two pages in it.