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Joanie

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A Cat Lady Paints Dogs - 4th and final post!

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When I first picked up the Dog Book that my friend gifted me, I thought hmmmmm....i might sketch a few dogs. Little did I know that after sketching a few random photos in the book, that I would end up drawing/painting almost every single page of the book!!! But I did. Once I started I just couldn't stop. I LOVE me a Focus! And I love to play with shapes, and use my imagination and not stick to accuracy as the goal. It's so much fun for me to just draw and sketch and paint My Way. I wish the same for you.  That's it folks.  Onwards..... Ready to join us? There's plenty of creativity, inspiration and fun to go around. →  MORE INFO on my classes here . If you wish to join us for a month or more of classes, GET IN TOUCH and see if you don't get inspired, too! 🎨 Blessings, Joanie
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A Cat Lady Paints Dogs - Sketchbook 3 of 4

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Hello Fellow Creatives, Looks like I will need one more blog post after this to show all the pics. Here's 3 of 4. Hope you are enjoying my doggos! In SUMMARY - what I have learned and where has this inspiration led me.... I am most definitely learning about and teaching myself more design ideas for my sketchbooks. I used to just draw something on each page, and then turn the page. No order, no theme, which or course is not essential since a journal should be what you want it to be. But for many years I would paint a dog one day, a cup of coffee the next, some random art supplies on my desk the next...and I would lose inspiration. And as a result I had many an unfinished sketchbook. I also experimented with making my own sketchbooks which is way fun, and i highly recommend you try at least once to bind your own sketchbook with coptic stitch. But honestly i am happy when I can pick out my paper, take it to FedEx and have them attach a spiral binding to it and voila. ...instant sketch...
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A Cat Lady Paints Dogs Sketchbook 2 of 4

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And here we go with sketchbook 2, by the way, these are only highlights from volume 2. These books are burgeoning with drawing after drawing, sketch after sketch.
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A Cat Lady Paints Dogs - Sketchbook 1 of 4

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Hello there I have been working on a little project the last 3 months. A dear student gifted me a big book of dog black and white photographs. Every once in awhile I need to sink my teeth into something focussed.  So I decided to learn how to paint dogs. Meet Freya my new kitty! She is always lurking at my art desk....I suspect she is an artist in Catlandia. 
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July August SUMMER FUN - animal portraits

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Hello Folks and Happy Summer officially, I have been working behind the scenes on some new and fun ways to create our animal and pet portraits. I have filled lots of pages in my sketchbook as it is my alchemical laboratory, truly. First off here's a fun little graphic for the new Theme, starting in a week. The last week in July is a Vacation week....enjoy! So please note that Week One of July for Monday students is actually June 30th. So here are some animal portraits I have been experimenting with.  Gouche, acrylic, collage, and all sorts of mixed media.  Because, why not?  It's so much Fun! Those are all from my sketchbook, below are some independent paintings....larger (though not large at all) and on paper. Low Key Bunny Experiment High Key experiment Abstract painting, collage, negative painting and finesse!  Not done with this one, I am awaiting a delivery of some new type of markers, can't wait to play some more.  Looking for something creative to do this...
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