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Portrait in Pink Poodles and Blue
Pink Poodles and Portrait, Watercolor 9×7” By the time I was done with the drawing for this painting I was really bored of the subject and couldn’t motivate myself to paint it until the idea of pink...
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Wordles and Pictures: Back to Journaling
Daily Dreams and Wordles Illustrated (Frock and Adopt) When I started my blog, JanasJournal.com in 2006, it was an illustrated daily journal where I shared my world and my creative journeys through...
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How it Started (Journaling Wordles and Pictures…and Dreams)
Wordle: AORTA In October 2022 I returned to journaling my dreams along with normal journaling stuff, and then in December I started illustrating the daily Wordle after I solved the puzzle. This post...
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How it Started (Wordles and Pictures and Dream Sketches, Part 2)
Wordle: EXTRABlack Crowned Night Heron I saw at the park today Continuing from the previous post, here are the rest of December’s Wordles and Pictures and dream sketches. Wordle: Judge Wordle:...
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Wordles and Pictures: Whine, Skirt, Antic (and dreams)
Wordle: Skirt and Antic Here are my Wordles and dreams for January 1-3. Above is the two-day spread for January 2-3 and below are the individual pages for all three days with some comments. The dreams...
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Wordle LAYER, SLEEK plus Dreams
Wordle LAYER and SLEEK and dreams of poodles, pens, bears and bats Above is my journal spread with Wordles and Pictures and my dreams for January 4 and 5. Below are close-ups of each page and some...
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Wordle BELIE and LEMON + Dreams
Wordle BELIE and LEMON and Criminal Dreams (click twice to enlarge) Above is my journal spread with my illustrated Wordles and in today’s dreams, some naughty teens and federal crimes. Below are...
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Art Pixie, Opera Wordles; Frog, Donkey Dreams
Wordle Opera, Pixie; Frog and Donkey Dreams (Click image and then click again to enlarge) Such fun for these two days of Wordles and dreams. Above is the 2-page spread. Please don’t miss the close ups...
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Wordles: GRIMY Sedan HUMAN Leapt + Dreams
Wordle: GRIMY, SEDAN; Dreams: Lonely Heart, Bus, Village Fans Today I’m posting four days in two, two-page spreads (above and below). Plus I have a question for my readers at the end of the post....
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Wordle: Koala, Spire; Dreams: Parkour, the Circle
Wordle: KOALA and SPIRE, Dreams of dragging lights through the airport, parkour guys, and You Can’t Escape the Circle. Above is the 2-day spread and below are the individual pages with a bit of the...
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Wordle: CHARD, MUCKY Puppy + Dreams
Wordle: Chard, Mucky and Dreams Wordles and dreams for these two days sparked some fun drawing/painting. See below for closeups and details for each page. Wordle: Chard and Dreams The Wordle was...
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Wordle LAYER, SLEEK plus Dreams
Wordle LAYER and SLEEK and dreams of poodles, pens, bears and bats Above is my journal spread with Wordles and Pictures and my dreams for January 4 and 5. Below are close-ups of each page and some...
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A Week in My Journal: Wordles and Dreams
Wordle: ELUDE and Dreams: Coyote Ranch Today I’m including a week of journal pages to (try to) catch up. You can click twice on any image for a larger version. My favorite funny dream stories are on...
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Another Week of Wordles and Dreams
Wordle: ALTER, BLURB plus dreaming of journals The left page above was personal. I had just had surgery (with stitches still in place) to fix my vision-impairing eyelids so a self-portrait with...
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Pole Dancing Squirrels and an Unlit Brain (Wordles and Dreams)
Wordle: UNLIT and DANCE; Dreams: Beach Scenes and a Mask/Cape Combo Above is the two-day, two-page spread; keep reading to see the individual pages with the stories below in this continuing journal...
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Arabian Nights, Apple and Great Blue Heron
Wordle: NINTH (Arabian Nights Ninth Night) and Great Blue Heron For Wordle: NINTH, I chose the ninth story from A Thousand and One Arabian Nights. In that story a porter follows the lady of the house...
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Pink Ballerina GI Joes Aren’t a Thing (Wordle: STAGE, FLAIL + dreams)
Wordle: FLAIL and STAGE plus dreams. (Above) There is so much on these two pages that I’ll post them separately below with their stories. The righthand page was especially meaningful, with the pink...
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HEADY & DEBUG: Wordles & Dreams
HEADY (Lamar) and DEBUG Wordle: HEADY (Lamarr); and Dream: Fat Rottweiler Hedy (Hedwig) Lamarr was a beautiful Austrian-American film actress during Hollywood’s Golden Age. In the dreams above, I was...
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Wordle: THIEF and CARAT
Wordle: THIEF (Hyenas) and pretty polka dot dream image For Wordle THIEF I drew a hyena, famous for stealing meat from other animal hunters, including lions. My dreams were 1) a dream about being back...
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Wordles: GIANT and USAGE and Dreams
Wordle: GIANT (Flemish Giant Rabbit) Flemish Giant rabbits grow to the size of small dogs—2.5 feet long and 15 pounds. They need their own rooms, not a cage, according to a website about them. I...
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