(take them as you will.. some may be better in a journal.)

1. for professional/amateur artists along the lines of the story idea template:

“thoughts for paintings” or more generic “art works”… this could include things like “imagery”, “concept”, “body of work”,”timeline”, “medium”, “dimensions”, “inspiration” and place for a sketch. This would be very, very handy.

and for the financial aspect… an inventory or invoice record for work finished. (this should be a separate template to not kill the inspiration.) It could include things like… “sent to dealer, date finished, date shipped” “date sold” “location” “owner”(especially handing for building mailing lists for future exhibitions and to borrow work for retrospectives or photo shots for magazines etc..) “dimensions, date finished and medium” “copywork, by who and how many slides.” “how much original work sold for.. including percentage after dealer, framer, tax, total… basically a breakdown of costs and profits”

I think a lot of artists have a natural kinship for paper planners, and would like to keep track of their work after it leaves their hands.

i agree with suggestions for a diet/fitness log. a health log with doctors visits could be incorporated to include things like blood pressure… chloresterol… a box to tick off daily vitamins/meds… record lot numbers for vaccinations etc… a mom/family friendly version would be good to record baby/family health records. i miss the dietlog/excercise log from palm pilot… a paper version of this might be useful.

I still like the thought of a place to collect quotes (inspirational not financial), but understand if this might be difficult to fit into a template format.

I’d like flowers instead of fairies please. just kidding. (well slightly.)

that’s quite a bit Douglas Johnston. whady’a think?

p.s. thanks for all the work you’ve done…