Winter BFA Review

I've had mixed feeling about both of the end of term reviews thus far. This time I ended up spending the last 5 days before the review working a lot and getting about 4 hours of sleep a night. So when it actually came time for the review I wasn't mentally present, and I was having a very difficult time absorbing what was being said. If nothing else I learned that I need to stop working at least a day or two before a big review, and allow myself time to sleep and think about my work. That will be key for the end of year review.

I felt like the consensus in my review was that I need to take things to a more impressive level. A 3 foot multi-colored teddy bear is still cute, but a 9 foot teddy bear standing in the middle of the street would definitely turn some heads.

And I think I'm going to stop the bear illustrations, at least for now. No one seems very impressed with them, not even me. I'm still going to try to draw a lot, but not bears. With the positive feedback that I've gotten from the sculptural pieces I've decided to focus my energies more in that direction. I have some ideas for these 3-D pieces that I think could be pretty strong if done right.