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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 close-ups of each page with the dream stories.

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Art Drawing Dreams Illustration Watercolor Wordles and Pictures

Wordle LAYER, SLEEK plus Dreams

Wordle Layer and Sleek and dreams of poodles, pens, bears and bats, ink & watercolor
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 easier-to-read stuff from the pages so if (big IF) you are interested in reading my weird dreams, you won’t have to squint at my scribbles on the page.

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Art Dreams Ink and watercolor wash Wordles and Pictures

Wordles and Pictures: Whine, Skirt, Antic (and dreams)

Wordle: Skirt and Antic
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.

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How it Started (Wordles and Pictures and Dream Sketches, Part 2)

Wordle: EXTRA
Black 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
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Art Drawing Wordles and Pictures

How it Started (Journaling Wordles and Pictures…and Dreams)

Aorta Illustration
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 is a collection of some of those early sketches. After this, I’ll just post 2-page spreads at a time. Sorry to overload with this one but I wanted to try to get caught up.

Dream sketches from October - November 2022

DECEMBER 2022

Wordle: Taper and a sketch of a Tapir
Wordle: TAPER

The day I first illustrated a Wordle. It was TAPER but my one rule: I can do whatever I want. So I went with a Malayan TAPIR.

Wordle: AORTA and dream of a cabbage baby

I cropped and blurred out some stuff for privacy but you still get the wild cabbage-baby dream!

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Art Bay Area Parks Drawing Dreams Ink and watercolor wash Sketchbook Pages

Wordles and Pictures: Back to Journaling

Sketches of two dogs and a lady in a dress as illustrations for Wordle “Adopt” and “Frock”
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 many different media. Now I’ve returned to my journaling roots and I’ve found inspiration from a surprising source: the daily Wordle puzzle, which I solve and then illustrate each day.

A view from my favorite park along the SF Bay, Point Isabel

While my journeys may have become more interior thanks to the pandemic, illustrating where my imagination and dreams take me keeps me entertained. But I’m also including sketches from places I go in real life, like Point Isabel above, a huge park along the SF Bay where dogs can run free, roll in the grass, splash in mud puddles and rinse off in the bay.

Wordle: Unlit and Dance

I’m using a page-a-day Hobonichi “Cousin” journal with weird, very thin, lightly-gridded paper along with fountain pens, drawing pens, watercolors and Tombow markers.

I will share more about the materials as I get the backlog of 3 months of journaling, dreams, Wordles and pictures posted.