77 days, 11 weekends...GO!

I am sharing my BFA show with my dear friend Maria Mercer Adams who I love and adore. I was just reading her blog when I realized that I have 77 more days till my show. That is 11 more weekends. That is ten fingers and one toe! That is less than one painting a week!!

I was shaken to my core when I realized I was doing nothing. I was on Mia's blog on one tab (instead of actually talking to my friend, I was stalking her) on another tab I was on Facebook stalking other friends and "friends..."

The point was I was living through other people when I should have been living my own life that had things that needed to get done in. On Friday I meet with my BFA advisor. I cannot show him as little as I have now. I pray that I don't need a bigger kick than this.

Stalking has it time and place, but not now. But if you must do some friendly stalking-stalk Jed. You will be glad you did :)

Off to the studio!

BFA date

Drum rolls please.............. bbbblllllllllllllllllrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

As promised I am letting you know that my well anticipated BFA show will be May 17 - May 30, 2011. It will be held in:

BF Larsen Main
Brigham Young University
Harris Fine Arts Center
Provo, UT

Hope to see all (three) followers (and the more to come) there

Have a happy day!

color comps for "the other paintings"...

Here are the colors. I am still not there in color. I am really good at line, getting there with value, but once I meet color it just seems to get all lost! Oh well...the more I practice the better I will become. As always have a happy one.
That is a little better...

Rough Layout...

Here is an example of how I planing on displaying my BFA show. There are four insets in the gallery (that I am praying to get) if I do not I will need a plan b...or c.... but let us pretend that I do have plan a. The pictures will be in simple wooden frames that I will paint white and stress (maybe) or they will just remain a simple pine color. The clouds/flowers/leaves will be made of fabric and possibly paper. Right now I imagine the clouds being like big pillows. The snowflakes are going to be handmade doilies that I was given when I went to GA this November, and the rain drops will be hand-strung crystal beads. There will be words under the frame.

character design...

I had some waiting time today before church so I quickly painted this up in Photoshop. This is what I am thinking the main girl in the "A Day In A Year" series would look like. FYI, I am basing her off of me, all the way to her hair cut, down to how she holds herself, to where she places her cardigan on her messenger bag. Why? Because it is fun! As you can see not exact (I am not making a self portrait) just the essence/ character of me. It is my show after all. Have a happy day.

the other paintings in the show...

Some extra pieces (pretty much to 1, build a better portfolio, and 2, to take up space ;)
I love the 3rd and 4th one down the most.

A Day In A Year...

January
February
March

AprilMay


June
JulyAugust

September
October
November
December
If it all looks good, this is what I want to do for my BFA show. It is called "A Day In A Year" and it will be with my paper dolls with a model made of fabric,wood, (pretty much whatever works, and then have it photographed.)
I have been studying Red Nose Studio's a lot, to get the basic idea of how to make this. (Mine will not be made of clay, but be paper dolls with fabric clothing)

Red Nose Studio