Today is the day of the theme reveal for the
Blogging from A to Z Challenge. Two years ago, I decided to paint an animal a day for the A to Z Challenge and was very pleased with the results. I wound up having a nice group of acrylic paintings that became a show for several gallery locations. I'm still thinking about combining those paintings into a children's book.
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| "Child Viewing Animals A to Z Show" ©Mary Montague Sikes |
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| ©Mary Montague Sikes |
Although the painting a day became quite a grind with which to keep up, it was lots of fun and I loved the result. That got me thinking about doing another painting challenge for this year. I have a new novel out,
Evening of the Dragonfly, that features an artist as the heroine. Throughout much of the book, Farrah Ferand is creating paintings for her first one-person exhibition. I began to consider, "What if?". What if Farrah came into my studio and painted for 26 days during the month of April? What if each letter of the alphabet sparked the section of a painting?
I don't know if this is going to work, but I want to try it. I plan to do fewer paintings but larger ones than I did for "Animals A to Z." If all goes as planned, I should have eight paintings or more for my exhibit of Farrah Ferand's paintings.
What do you think about this idea? Do you think it will spark some sales of my book? Do you think I can meet the challenge of creating an exhibition of art work by the main character in my book?
I hope so.
