A new blog

something's wrong with this site and I can't use it anymore which unfortunately means that I'm having to create a new blog! I will let you loyal readers know as soon as possible what the change of blog is and what to expect from it. I know some of you were awaiting my Barcelona post and I assure you that it will still come!

thank you for being supportive readers,



FQ

Barcelona

 

 

 

I have said in my description that this blog will be about art, photography and writing because all three are something very, very important in my life and I want to share the talent that I so often find on the internet. There are so many inspiring artists that pictures are breath taking, so many photographers whose photographs evoke immense feelings within you. I want to be a writer, I'm currently writing a book, but there is one other thing that I want to do in my life. Travel. I would love to travel the world and get pictures and share them with you. This month, I have been able to get that little step closer. Sometime this month I will be travelling to a wonderful place called Barcelona. This is a place that I have always wanted to go to, to picture, to inspire me. I haven't been anywhere abroad in my life and I believe that this would be the perfect start. For people who haven't gone and won't get the chance, this blog will be somewhere you can come and see what it looks like. I will be sharing some snaps that I take, nothing special, as I wont be taking a photography camera and I hope that this will be something exciting for anyone to see.

 

I've taken the time to show you some photos that I have found. I will be sharing my experience also so do look out for that!

 

 

 

Wattpad

 

 

 

 

First off, I'd like to say that my posts have been cut down so much and I'm sorry. Recently and at a super amazing time (not) my laptop broke down on me. However today I've managed to get onto a computer and have myself some time to write about this topic. Wattpad is something that I have only just come across and I can't believe that it has taken me so long to discover it. Where have I been? Now for you people who, like me have had no idea, Wattpad is a site where writers can put their stories, novels and poems on for people to read, comment and rate. I think that's a fantastic idea because you can really see if people like your work and if your target audience is exact. You need to know if the book your writing is going to appeal to the people you want, and this site is perfect for that.

 

The site is very easy to use and you can even upload a book cover of your choice, add your comments and make sure everything is just right, for you. Personally, I have always been a bit conscious of putting my writing up on the internet because there will always be people who think that they can use it but this site doesn't seem to have that problem. I was hesitant at first, but I over came that. Even with deviant art, it took me a long time to put something up.

 

With deviant art, I believe that you get a quicker response to your work, or at least, I do. Of course I'm talking from a personal experience, so if it is different for you, let me know. With Wattpad, you can see if people are reading your work straight away, so that works. I think this can give you confidence in your writing. If your a poet, go and put your poems on! Some on that site are just beautiful. And if your a writer, what have you got to lose?

 

As always I'm going to leave you with a few links. The main link to create a Wattpad account and just a few writers/stories on the site. I may feature some favourites in another post, so look out for that!

 

http://www.wattpad.com/user_signup?nexturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wattpad.com%2Fgetmobile

 

http://www.wattpad.com/story/7935255-baeing-academy

 

http://www.wattpad.com/story/7982302-truly

 

http://www.wattpad.com/24835360-rose-bane

Kate Hauxwell

"A trapped thought is like containing part of your soul that yearns to be written down" - unknown

 

 

 

 

I love other writers and reading their stories. It's just a magnificent thing, seeing how another person's train of thought has created these characters and plots, created a world completely from their mind. I know that I love the feeling of doing that, it's my own world that has come from my own creativity. Tonight I was to take the time and talk about a certain writer that I love. Kate Hauxwell. Mother of two beautiful little girl's Kate Hauxwell is an inspiring and well composed writer who needs to be noticed. Her deviant art account is an array of writing that both compels and conducts thought. Just take a look at her poetry. After reading a small part of her story "Hell's Rayne" I instantly wanted to read more and find out the next part. You know that feeling of being infatuated with a story by the first chapter? That happened.

 

I will be leaving a few links below so that you can go follow and like her stuff, I know that you'll love it as much as I do. Kate writes with a wise voice, showing her experience and dedication. If you have the love for this, then you've got the will to try. There's no need to be afraid of a skill that could be heightened.

 

Here are some links for Kate Hauxwell and I'm sorry that these posts have been short lately. Go look! It's worth it, believe me.

 

http://www.wattpad.com/user/KateHauxwell

 

http://sapient-butterfly.deviantart.com/

 

 

FQ

 

Music Friday

"Music has the power to open up the heart and mind, embrace the melody train of thought" - unknown

Hey guys, I know that I've been very, very absent from this blog lately and I'm completely ashamed! This blog is important to me and I enjoy writing it so much but school has started up again and it's work, work, work. These A-levels are definitely pushing me academic wise, I feel drained. On a better note, I'm back with a small post on music to get you into the mood to paint or write. I absolutely must have some music playing when I get into the mood to write and even more so when I paint or draw. There's just something so soothing about the right tune for the right piece that I'm working on and I though I'd share. If I'm writing a fighting scene I put something with an up-beat on, if it's sad, a smoother tune and so on. It helps. A lot.

 

It's a rainy, windy, cold Friday evening. A writing kind of evening if you ask me and I think this post suits perfectly.

 

Here are a list of songs that I have been listening to while writing tonight. I've only just come across them and just, fell in love. If you take the time to really listen to some of these, the emotion that evoke within the first two is just so lovely.

 

If they're not your thing, send me some of your go to writing tunes!

 



 

Jaymes Young - Moondust    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGhes-VIC94

 

Tom Day - Who We Want To Be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVomQtrtMTM

 

The young International - Ruckus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tz_eEGBvfE

 

Florence and The Machine - Breath Of Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRMeIfN_UnE  (personal favourite, I just love this)

 

 

 

FQ

Witch Writing - taster

You don't write because you want to say something. You write because you have something to say. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

 

 

As this is a writing/artist/travel blog I thought that maybe today I would share with you a small piece of my writing. Just a little slither as I'm not too keen on posting my work on the internet, you often get those little people who like to steal ideas and no one can help that I know. Now this is just something I wrote a while ago late at night while I was avoiding sleep. I seem to write better at that time and people have often said it's because you can let go of your day time worries. Please let me know if this is a true theory! Now, I am in no way a professional, I just carry the weight of passion and love for this type of skill and I wish to share it. I talk about books on here a lot, I talk about the stories I love so now you will get to see the type of stories I like to write. I am only going to show you a part of this small story so there will be things missing however I could always show you on another post the before and after.

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"Please, just, calm down!"

"There is nothing that you can say to me, to ever make this ok," as she talks her voice shakes in the thick air, the smoke around her bubbling up and rising like her anger. Her cold blue eyes widen as she feels the magic she possesses strain to rip out of her glowing purple hands. "Henry I want you to leave me alone and never, ever come back."

Henry, with his tousled black hair she once loved and smoky grey eyes she used to adore, lifts up a shaking hand in indication for her to calm down. He is scared and she can see it in his eyes and in the slight flickering to her hands every once in a while. She could already feel the power radiating from the magic within and it took every ounce of her strength to keep it that way. "Elizabeth," He reasoned, keeping his tone light but she could sense his rising hysteria. He knew that if she lost control her anger would come down on him like a storm and there would be nothing they could do. "Lizzie, you're new to this world, you're new to these powers. You need me, don't deny it. There are things you need to learn and things you need to be able to control! I can't leave you like this!"

"I don't want it," she replied savagely, her voice rising around the smoke that she had evoked around her body. The heat was unbearable. "I don't want to be a witch, I don't want to have these powers!" she stepped forward and Henry's face flashed in fear, his eyes going straight to her hands. They were sparking now, the magic fizzing and burning.

He gulped once yet still tried to reason with her. "You no longer have boundaries, you have so much power within you. What more could you want? The possibilities are endless, we have no rules!  I thought you'd want this--"

She surged forward, grasping around his dark shirt and pulling him in toward her. She almost spat her next words. "I can't control the things that I do. I can't stop the danger that I possess and this is all your fault. I killed someone! Why would I want this?!" Something inside of her seemed to snap and suddenly her hands burst with purple fire, exploding on her hands and onto Henry. He cried out as she pushed him against the wall, the fire spreading up to his shoulders. When she met his gaze her eyes were no longer her own.

The magic had taken them.




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So there you go, just a little taster of my own writing, I hope you enjoyed it! I will have some more book reviews coming very, very soon!

 

 

FQ

Acrylic Paint

"Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see" - Henri Rousseau

 

This is a medium that has both challenged me and made me love it. I found it extremely hard to even get a good picture going as whenever I placed a brush stroke in the wrong place, well, I panicked. After a few years of never giving up on this type of paint I eventually got used to the techniques and found that if you make a mistake, that doesn't matter, just make it work! You can layer the paint or work with the mistake made. Of course, there are times when the mistake made is irrevocable but that happens sometimes. My favourite paint is water colour but it's always good to work with variation and widen your skills and really, some pictures produced in this medium are breathtaking. Acrylic is good as thick paint or watered down and this mixes up your work into something unpredictable.  People work at it for days, months and years, perfecting their skill and it is totally worth it. There are always different styles and techniques with a type of paint and with acrylic the realistic paintings are just fantastic.

 

Now I'm not the best painter and I never will be but that doesn't stop me and it shouldn't stop you. I'll tell you the truth, I don't work in this medium often but I do look at some pictures to help me get inspired and actually try it again. I thought I'd share some with you because this type of paint is worth it!