Cuuute vintage look small dog fine art poster prints!

 New cottage core look nursery/baby room wall art! Available in my shop as a fine art print in 5 square ratio sizes 10 x 10”-18 x 18”. Printed on demand and shipped to you fast!

No messing with downloads. Don’t bother setting up your home printer! And no need to to put your trust in a local printer to get the colors just right! My samples are simply perfect and exactly match the colors from the shop images! You get exactly what you order! Arrives quickly and in a cardboard mailing tube. Rolled up so you will need to flatten in some coffee table book for a day. Then your print is perfect for kids room!!! Cute and funny looking small dogs for small dog lovers!!!

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https://puppycatandmouse.etsy.com/

August dog drawing/painting challenge!

Scottish Deerhound 

Kooikerhondje 

Stabyhoun

Kuvasz

Lancashire Heeler

I took on a challenge this entire month of August where you draw (paint) a different doggie dog every day - or follow the daily prompts from the instagram Doggust 2024 challenge list. I have never even heard of most of these breeds and some are pretty wackadoodle to draw! To be able to focus like a laser and choose to draw daily was never a chore for me. I draw, paint, (digitally and traditionally) as much as I can squeeze in daily. Not to mention sorting and editing through my designs for print and products for my shop for hours every day. Sometimes I feel like I’m running behind on all art projects. Because I had a late start in this digital art drawing (I’m going on my sixth year soon!) I’m always in a hurry to complete art projects. This year I have painted so much and now I’m finally documenting it in my shop and Instagram also have queued up vids for YouTube to elevate that channel. But dogs have been the focus this month for a personal goal to level up my skills (paw studies) some of these designs will eventually become prints and naturally a calendar for 2025 which I’m obsessed with and this is now a tradition (cats tooooo!). And I feel the need to design a puzzle - random interest I know. 31dog drawings in August has taught me to develop my sense of style and look that I feel pretty good about. I am running out of time so I’m making the most out of it and everything I draw matters. Dogs are my therapy.

 

Summer inspired me to make this

Monarch butterfly merch

Even more monarch merch

Monster cosmos

A pile of zineas!

Sneak peak at the dogs of august!

The front yard just exploded with flowers so I’m inspired. I met some bees and wasps and beatles and butterflies and praying mantis and hummingbirds. Joy. So my brain said draw a butterfly. Like stained glass like. And create some designs with it. My shop is humming and buzzing. And I feel like it’s going through a re brand. I’m nearly done with all of the POD merch designs. And next up is the art prints! Then on to the 2024 calendar! 

But first! I’ve committed to the Instagram challenge- Doggust draw a dog a day for 31 days in august coming up. I’ve checked out the prompts and have a good head start. It’s been 2 years since I participated (2021 and 2022)!! so the challenge is real and you know life begins when you step out of your comfort zone. So yeah. Dogs. Stylized dogs. The anatomy is a little weak. But hey it’s for fun and not too serious so I do the best I can! These are some seriously funny looking dogs. 

So check out the shop right here➡️ https://www.etsy.com/shop/Puppycatandmouse

New animal products collection 2024 available soon in my shop!

An unexpected delight of a tabby cat design pin back button 

Tabby cat in butterfly garden Tshirt 

Wiener dog in butterfly garden Tshirt 

Ok this is a corny character from Nebraska tumbler

Cozy and corny for Nebraska lover Tshirt 

UFO cat in outer space pin back button

Black poodle in butterfly garden glass tumbler 

UFO cat Tshirt 

Tabby cat tote bag

Ghost cat in butterfly night garden 

My 2024 collection of designs designed specifically for products such as totes, tumblers, and TSHIRTS! So much love and time and energy and has gone into the creating and designing of these characters that I’m so excited to see them finally lifted in my shop. Available very soon for the new season. Also a 2025 calendar will be available for sale at the end of the year as well! I’m exhausted my hand is pooped. But I’m still going strong because I’m obsessed. Funny and silly and unique handmade in Nebraska. So much is rattling around in my brain lately. I’m Fine. 🙂 

Go here to see what’s new in the shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/Puppycatandmouse
 

Back at it with traditional painting a series of animals

The funny bunny that jump started it all-
11x14" acrylic on panel

A magpie from Norway-16x20" acrylic on canvas

The local snowy owl at Standing Bear-12x12" acrylic on panel

A funny fox you never see-14x18" acrylic on canvas

Can I have a balance of creating digital art prints as well as traditional wall art? Most certainly. To keep the proper flow of art consistent I have to create both every day. Sometimes when I'm in the mess of painting traditional art I feel frustrated that I can't tap two times on the screen/canvas to undo-instead you get used to over painting and blending-which I do not do digitally-I don't like the blend tool-yet. And then sometimes I want to tap for the perfect color match without spending several minutes mixing the proper color. So I get up and move around to take a play with the dog or cat break and or change the water and clean my brushes type of stretch. And then I remind myself of this almost imperfect balance of cozy comfy on the sofa creating digital animal art and adrenaline focussed and messy in an art room creating traditional art. My brain is pretty satisfied if I can keep that flow moving in the right direction. I see the progress of my look and I see the consistent vibe that's developing every day. This is what keeps me pushing forward towards my goal of creating art using BOTH mediums. Wild and pink and abstract. Joy