Colored Pencils with a bit more planning

I must admit - I mostly do not plan my paintings. I've got an image in my mind - often a blurred one - and then I grab my medium - be it pencils, acrylic inks or whatnot - and begin to paint. However I've got the feeling that I might be more satisfied with my paintings if I invest more time in planning. 

So I drew out the lines with a graphite pencil first with this painting. Then I thought about which color might fit at what place best. Then I grabbed my colored pencils. 

This way of painting with colored pencils is one thing I'd like to do more in 2025. And there is a second thing I'd like to do: weed out my reference binder. Up to now I haven't used my AI images as reference images at all. I've got some of them printed out in the size of postcards; but it might be better to have them printed out in a bigger size. So I pasted one of my latest AI images on an Office Writer page, transformed that into a pdf file and will have it printed out at the beginning of the new year.