A Cat Lady Paints Dogs - Sketchbook 3 of 4
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
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 sketchbooks. Practical, cheap, the size and paper I want. I can change the paper all the time....
An Illustrated Journal I think will slow me down, I will still undoubtedly paint daily, but I won't have to worry about doing a daily painting per page..but just work on the page until it's filled up with what I feel like drawing and painting. Lettering too, maybe some short journaling. This is exciting and it never would have come about without this little dog journaling endeavor. I will keep you posted.
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Blessings, Joanie