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CATnipulating Doodlescapes Big Black Dog Studio

You know how your cat's ear radar hones in when they hear the sound of the treat jar being opened? Or that look they get when they've gotten into the 'nip? Or how they zoom through the room and up the hall at light speed for no apparent reason? Or decide that an hour before you normally get up is a great time to play with their favorite jingle toy? How about that deep zen-like state they get when contemplating an almost imperceptible spot on the wall that holds their attention for hours while sunning in a window?

Ever want to just, well, cat?

At Big Black Dog Studio, we totally get the desire (and need!) to let loose and zoom like nobody's watching while our imagination takes on us a deeply enjoyable flow of creativity.

CATnipulating Doodlescapes is minimalist as far as coloring books go yet loaded with possibilities as far as sketchbooks go. This collection of cat paw mandalas from our 2020 Cat Lover Planners is your starting point for combining both the joy of doodling and embellishing with the joy of coloring. Been practicing your Zentangle(R)-inspired techniques? Depth and illusion techniques? Random or repeating patterns? Shading and blending? Here's your chance to break out those new graphite, charcoal or colored pencils and get crazy!

60 of our original cat paw mandalas are included in this doodlescape collection as design prompts that let those who don't like to be as inside the box as most adult coloring books keep you. Here, feel free to add plenty of your own catnipulations to our design prompts.

Pencils or other non-wet media are highly recommended; otherwise, be sure to put a piece of cardboard behind the designs if you work with gel pens or markers. A pale grey pawprint wallpaper page follows each design to avoid any problems with bleed-through.

Be sure to post your finished compositions to our Studio's Facebook page or tag your Instagram photos with #BigBlackDogStudio, #catcentricity, #CATnipulating and #doodlescapes. Want more weekly doodles? Visit our author page for more information about our studio and how to subscribe to our mailing list for our latest pet-centric offerings.