Right Decision

Some of you may have noticed that near the end of November last year I had a brand change on my social networks. Brand change - is that even what I should call it?

I reverted back to 'Mosely & Co.' which is an imaginary factory I created back in college.

I was really nervous about doing it; there's always a part of you which feels anxious in case you are making a big mistake, like I did before when I changed from it, but so far I am rather happy about it all. I still need to work on putting my new Facebook page out there and getting the likes up. I had to start it from scratch due to Facebook and its rules... Blah, blah, blah!

Anywho, it's a new year, I have things planned and ideas that I want to achieve and hopefully I will get back into making art work. I have already started on a new project, but I need to get back into some sort of creative routine like when I was at university!

Imaginary Factory

I have been thinking (again - I know that's all I ever do) about my presence on social media as creative outlets. Some of you may remember I used to be known as Mosely & Co. which I created in college as an imaginary factory. Near the start of this year for whatever reason I changed to Befriend A Whale; it made sense to me at the time.

Now that I have finished university and am out in the big wide world, even though that only consists of my house at the moment, I think I want to change back to my previous title. I feel it was a mistake to change it. I could simply use my name, I know that, but who doesn't want to be a little different. Different is good.

However, Facebook has this rule that you can only change the web address once, which I have done. This means that I'm either stuck with this label I have now or I have to start all over again. I have put a lot of work in to my Facebook page, over 3 and a half years in fact. A part of me doesn't want to get rid of that history; the documented journey of my creativity and the other half of me wants to make a new start. It would give me something to work towards whilst I attempt to find a job of some sort.

Mosely & Co. seems more professional and people might take me seriously. I really should make a decision before looking into opening an online shop, which is one of my many plans. I know it will take a lot of time and effort to get it out there and to gain likes; it could be worth it...

I want my imaginary factory back.

I would love to know what you good people think about all this - it would really help! Which brand appeals more to you? What should I do? Any advice?

Thank you in advance!

Off Day.

Yesterday I had a few possible choices of what I could do.
Option 1: Do another pain stakingly boring painting.
Option 2: Do a drawing and fulfill my want of doing one.
Option 3: Attempt some more sculpture.

You may think that this was a difficult decision, but alas it was not. I needed to do something different, so 1 was out of the question. Doing the sculpture workshop was refreshing and just what I needed. I have realised that I can’t stick to one medium without getting bored of it at somepoint. The weather wasn’t the best, it couldn’t decide if it wanted to be sunny or rainy, so it was both! I didn’t feel like going outside, which meant sculpture had to be put to one side. This left me with drawing and that is what I did, or rather I started it. Drawing standing up isn’t the greatest, instead I got distracted by practising a possible layout for the paintings, when I have to hand my work in. Which is shown above and I am quite happy with. We’ll just have to see if it goes ahead. I also did a lot socialising with people in the studios, which is very unusual for me, I normally keep to myself and get on with work. I think I was having an off day (sorry tutors), but I now know that a table and chair could be helpful next time I draw, I’ll give it a go, hopefully it’ll get finished next week.

Long Time No Work.

Hello, nice to talk to you all again. I am pleased to announce that I have been back in the studios today and a painting has been accomplished. I shall hopefully put up pictures of it tomorrow (do no hold me to that though). I must apologise for having created nothing over the Easter holidays, home life just got in the way, but that is going to change now that I am back at uni (fingers crossed). So as I said before, I achieved some work today, it was a painting in the style of my previous ones. It was strange picking up a brush after what seems like forever. I was a bit rusty and am not totally happy with the result. Half way through creating the piece I came to the decision that I do not want to paint anymore, I want draw… This is a bit of a dilemma because there is only a few weeks left. Maybe it is because I haven’t got back into a routine yet and I will feel differently by the end of the week. We shall see. I should probably leave drawing for another time. It could be something to do over the Summer, a little project I set myself. You may notice that I have had a name change, not a massive one, I only added ‘Art’ to the end, I have done this so people will know that it is about art. I felt before that it sounded more like a business. Anyway, that is it for now. I will try my best to get back into blogging again!