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The GardenGarden Studios

THE COURTYARD → GARDEN STUDIOSGarden StudiosViolet glass and timber frames lead into a place to make.

A Garden art studio with wooden worktables, easels and purple glass windows opening toward the mountains.

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Give the idea somewhere to begin.

A pencil, a little paper, something you noticed. Start with what you have.

Step up to the worktable
Help me find a small beginning

Start with Draw a Door: choose a shape, material and clue, then name your little creation. Or try one of the original prompts with pencil and paper.

Find your first small creation Optional authored guidance. No account or live tutor needed.
Open the worktable & creative prompts

Or take an idea off-screen

Six ways to begin.

Start here or take an idea off-screen. Make a doorway picture or open a writing sheet; download what you want to keep before leaving.

A beginning 01

Draw a Door

Draw a door to a place that does not exist yet. Add one clue about what is behind it.

A beginning 02

Write Eight Lines

Write eight lines about something ordinary as if you are seeing it for the first time.

A beginning 03

Make a Tiny Map

Map a place you know by heart. Mark where something changed you.

A beginning 04

Build a Creature

Use paper, scraps, or objects nearby to make a creature with one unusual gift.

A beginning 05

Invent a Tool

Sketch a tool that solves a problem nobody has named yet.

A beginning 06

Choose Your Own

Write your own question, idea, or thing. Then make the smallest version you can in ten minutes.

Garden Studios · A little orientation

What’s this room for?

For turning an idea into one small thing you can make.

Make a small doorway picture at the worktable, or take an original prompt off-screen. Choose, experiment and make it yours. Nothing is published or saved to an account.

Choose a small beginning