Author: Jana Bouc

I am an artist who loves (and lives) to sketch and paint in watercolor, gouache, oils and digitally.

HEADY & DEBUG: Wordles & Dreams

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Post date May 26, 2023
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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 hanging out in cafes with friends. One had his Rottweiler with him and the other was handing out chocolate.

Wordle: DEBUG and dream of drawing flowers inside a rectangle

Although the word DEBUG is meant to apply to computer programs, I thought of my battles with ants over the years. I seem to always have lived atop a giant ant hill.

PSA: ant spray is not the solution. Terra Ant Baits actually work to wipe out the whole ant crime family. It gets worse for about a week before it gets better, but then it’s very effective.

The dreams were fun: drawing flowers inside a rectangle and donating art instead of cookies for a fund raiser.

Tags Art, Dream Drawing, Dream Illustration, Hobonichi, Hobonichi Art, Hobonichi Cousin, Illustration, ink and watercolor, journal art, Pen and Ink, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor, Wordle, Wordles and Pictures

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Pink Ballerina GI Joes Aren’t a Thing (Wordle: STAGE, FLAIL + dreams)

Post author By Jana Bouc
Post date April 29, 2023
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(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 ballet dancers from my dream:

Tags Art, Drawing, Dream Drawing, Dream Illustration, Hobonichi, Hobonichi Art, Hobonichi Cousin, Illustration, ink and watercolor, journal art, Pen and Ink, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor, Wordle, Wordles and Pictures

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Arabian Nights, Apple and Great Blue Heron

Post author By Jana Bouc
Post date April 29, 2023
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wordle: NINTH (Arabian Nights Ninth Night) 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 through the marketplace and carries all the goods she purchased (which I drew, above). No shopping carts in those days, I guess.

I didn’t remember any dreams so I painted the beautiful Great Blue Heron I saw at Point Isabel today.

I was so happy with the first page and so unhappy with the second one. I spent a lot of time on the drawing of the complicated apple slices in the slicer and then totally messed up the painting. I tried to “fix” it but on Hobonichi Tomoe River paper you really have to get the painting in one shot. Fixing rarely works.

Tags Art, Drawing, Dream Drawing, Dream Illustration, Hobonichi, Hobonichi Art, Hobonichi Cousin, Illustration, ink and watercolor, journal art, Pen and Ink, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor, Wordle, Wordles and Pictures

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Pole Dancing Squirrels and an Unlit Brain (Wordles and Dreams)

Post author By Jana Bouc
Post date April 23, 2023
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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 series of the day’s Wordle and my wacky dreams.

Tags Art, Drawing, Dream Drawing, Dream Illustration, Hobonichi, Hobonichi Art, Hobonichi Cousin, Illustration, ink and watercolor, journal art, Pen and Ink, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor, Wordle, Wordles and Pictures

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Another Week of Wordles and Dreams

Post author By Jana Bouc
Post date April 20, 2023
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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 stitches seemed like a perfect fit for Wordle: ALTER.

On the right, the Wordle was BLURB so I shared a blurb I wrote about “The Foundling” by Ann Leary. You can click twice to see an enlarged version to read my blurb/review.

Please keep reading below for another week’s worth of journal pages.

Tags Art, Dream Drawing, Dream Illustration, Hobonichi, Hobonichi Art, Hobonichi Cousin, Illustration, ink and watercolor, journal art, Pen and Ink, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor, Wordle, Wordles and Pictures

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A Week in My Journal: Wordles and Dreams

Post author By Jana Bouc
Post date April 16, 2023
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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 the last page below.