2019 Fake Journal Goals:
1. Draw, paint, collage on most days in April
2. Imagine myself as a gardener or landscape
designer
3. Use random phrases and quotes about gardening
4. Draw what might be found in a garden
5. use loose pages to draw on, 5"x7", to be bound after the project is completed
6. Complete each page in an hour or less
Discovery:
Quotes and statements about the Arts in general
applied quite well to the Art of Gardening.
(Quotes about visual art, home design,
and music, etc.)
"Everybody's brain works differently."
A quote from a National Public Radio broadcast,
about brain function, creativity and
problem solving. How your brain works and
what you think is beautiful will obviously
affect the garden you create...
also to be considered is your budget, and your
own ability to DIY. Much of my inspiration
(and quotes) came from the BBC TV show
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Left, a Downspout in the shape of a dragon/Gargoyle -
Right, sculpture for your garden a la Easter Island head! |
'Big Dreams, Small Spaces' and
quotes from the presenter,
Monty Don.
I felt it necessary to draw a child's wagon,
because it is one of the things I've used in
my own garden to display pots of
flowers. It finally got too rusty to hold
pots, and I mourn its loss!
I figured that insects and wildlife are goals
that gardeners also seek for their
gardens...
Of course, a gardener should wear
a sun hat for protection.
Time spent doodling, and "on hold" went into
the journal, along with lovely painted
papers gifted to me by my friend Diana.
Collage elements: I find them fun, but then the
values of the background impact how you draw
your subject and making sure there is
enough contrast to see what is going on. I think
perhaps the tulip drawing didn't work out to 'read'
as well as I like. But you learn by trying new
things and this background was lovely! Maybe
I could go back in with more paint around the
tulip blooms? hmmm....
Unorthodox is a good word for what my
'gardening character' was...
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| Left, a quote from Apartment Therapy, a home decorating website |
Hardest thing: finding something 'garden-related'
that I could draw within the one-hour time frame
that I wanted to stay within.
Another challenge: finding things that were different
enough to keep things interesting. I didn't want
an entire book of drawings of plants, though there
would be nothing wrong with that.
Surprise: not having an organized group of people
doing the same project left me feeling
a bit lost. Which seems odd because
most years that I've participated,
that was not a part of the process.
I'm not sure what next year holds,
but I'll still be journaling and drawing,
whether it's a
"Fake Journal" character, or the
real me!
As Roz says:
"Your journal preferences may change
over time...it's part of the
discovery and adventure."
