Cathrine Weatherbane: Character Drawings

Cast of Characters

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 Cathrine Weatherbane

Age: 16

Eyes: Saphire

Hair: Blonde, wavy

Height: 5'4

 Ariella Svane

Age: 17

Eyes: Deep Brown 

Hair: Dark Brown, very curly

Height: 5'5

 Lissie (Swan?)

Age: 15

Eyes: Light brown

Hair: Chesnut, straight

Height: 5'2

Rolic (???) 

Age: 18

Eyes: Light blue, 

Hair: Dirty blond, messy

Height: 5'7

and as a bonus here's a group drawing of them by Aria . Thanks again Aria!!!

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Lots of Love

Sarah Gracen

In which Cathrine is on her own

Drawing by me

                                                                        Chapter 20

The Line of Trust Thins 

I can't say that this is the way I would have picked things to go, but this is how they went. After the meal and everyone went to bed I found myself thinking more and more about how strange my life had become, me being a princess (how cliche), an evil regent making everyone's life terrible, and here I was, little old me who only a month ago could only dream of having an adventure, all of this felt like something out of a storybook and I was caving under a massive burden that nobody knew I had. How was I supposed to find my mother and put a stop to this man who'd committed such treason when I myself barely knew anything about the politics of my own country, even if I managed to find my mother, what would change? If she'd been able to throw him off the throne why hadn't she done it yet, come to think of it...why was I here...I was standing in line to find myself at the headsman's ax, I was terrified! 

 I consoled myself for a moment with the thought that my friends would always be there to help me and surely one of them would come up with some kind of idea...my friends...Rolic, I already trusted him and yet I knew nothing about him, Ariella didn't trust him, Ariella who was clever and smart, but then Lissie did seem to trust him...even seemed to know his secret, but whatever it was neither she nor he seemed inclined to share, but why should she trust him on the account of a girl who once considered herself the best of the best, above everyone else...she seemed different now, now that Ariella was gone, why was she suddenly so contrite? I wondered if maybe she was feeling guilty...but why would she feel guilty? That was it, I couldn't sit still any longer, I decided at that moment that the best course of action would be to leave the only people I had, and seek out Ariella on my own, 

I couldn't risk a betrayal not yet, I couldn't trust these people no matter how much I wanted to, Ariella so far was the only person to share some real insight into her life, she was the only person who wasn't keeping secrets (at least that she knew of). So here I was my few possessions in hand on a dark road, hoping beyond home that I'd run into her...and not trouble.




[sorry this chapter is so short, still trying to figure out what I want to happen. This story is currently my practice piece, I know it's kinda bad and full of mistakes and plot holes but I'm still going to try to finish it, even fill in a few of those holes in the process, but keep in mind I will (when this is finished) rewrite the story and hopefully it will be better because I was able to learn from this experience]

Lots of Love
Sarah Gracen

Honestly you guys are great!

Well well well, here I am again at long last! I shall no longer have the slow clunky computer as an excuse for late posts as I have recently acquired a new speedy one! Yes it has finally happened, I did my waiting, 3 years of it, but now I can finally turn my computer on without delay!

So, what is going on in the twisty turning road that is my life? Quite a lot actually, I'm not going to bore you with the details but I'm getting ready for a lot of changes and maybe I'll keep you updated as things get interesting... :) bare with me through the ups and downs here because I'm still not sure how much I'm going to be able to post when things get more hectic.

So for now, how are you guys? How's life been while I've been away, I can tell you I'm certainly enjoying Spring weather, Mmmm warm days are great aren't they! I've been working on my art recently, still not as good as I'd like to be but I'm growing and yeah, there's still time to pick up before I give illustrating a try....my sister has already asked me to illustrate her book...but yeah the only people who'll ever see the results of my precious hard work will be my family and possibly you guys, I'd love to share more art with you, if you have any requests for me I'll be happy to do them, just let me know in the comments.
I miss talking to you all and it seems to me a lot of us haven't been writing on our blogs as much as our younger selves imagined we would, I'm thinking of working at this regularly in an effort to sharpen my writing skills, I still want to be a published author before to long, just need to keep at this.

Anyways That's all for now, hopefully I can push things to full swing and start shooting out future Catherine Weatherbane chapters and such, I already have some character sketches of the cast that I drew plus one that this amazing artist @Aria Tailor  drew, I can't wait to share them with you all! Please speak out on what you'd like to see me write and I'll write you all later.

Lots of Love
Sarah Gracen 

She's Alive!

Well hello again, it's been a long time since we last talked, seems I've been avoiding using this clunky old laptop for the last two years huh. I can't quite recall when the last time I posted on here was and that's pretty inexcusable but I guess it's just really hard typing on an iPod and really annoying booting up the internet on this ol' thing.

So life has been pretty exciting I feel like I've grown a lot in the Lord these past few years, I'm finding I can be very difficult to deal with and I thank my family for putting up with that for so long, I am trying to get better though and the Lord is helping me with that.
I've recently started reading through my Bible (all of it) and I'm really enjoying it, it helps to have understanding and knowledgeable parents who can explain some of the harder concepts to me, there's a lot of meat to chew on in the Bible, but I want to actually chew on it and get as much as I possibly can rather then just cramming it down as fast as possible, so I plan on going back to study and memorize certain books and passages when I'm done with my read through.

My drawing has continued as at good pace, you can't get better if you don't keep going and it helps when you watch a few tutorials on YouTube and find interesting reference picks on Pinterest (yes I'm on Pinterest now) I've recently being wearing my prismacolors to stubs, so I had to take the plunge and use my own money to invest in some new ones (I'm trying Prismacolor Scholars and I love them!). Since I plan on being an illustrator one day I need to get the best art supplies to work with.

Anyways that's it for just this moment, I reeeeeaaaallly want to finish Catherine Weatherbane even though it's an ocean of ups and downs and due for a total rewrite (cause goodness knows I'm not dropping it) I still plan on finishing up the full-of-flaws version before giving it the overhaul of my newer (and hopefully better) writing style. But here's the question, I'm finishing Catherine Weatherbane up no matter what, but how many of you actually want to see these upcoming chapters, who wants this story to go on and be completed? Let me know in comments :)

Stay Classy
Sarah Gracen (PG)

December

No snow yet, we had some in November but then it melted...so I'm ready for some more, I'm in a festive mood you see, that needs to be fueled :j 

I'm craving hot chocolate and cider, cookies and pumpkin soup, and I'm looking forward to snow. 

There is a Christmas party tomorrow and me and Anni are kidsitting for some people who are going, which is great because I love kids :) 

We got a tree today which we'll get to put up soon yay! 

I got to see Big Hero 6 with my sister's it was pretty good, Anni loved it!

I got asked to illustrate a book! 

True it was Anni who asked me and it's a book that only my niece will have, but I'm pretty excited about it just the same, I've always wanted to illustrate a book!

I got to see my first ever Ballet in November, it was The Nutcracker, performed by the Moscow Russian Ballet, it was beautiful and I loved it.

I've filled my iPod with lots of Christmas music which I'm really enjoying one of which it this album ->

Probably one of my favorite Christmas albums ever :) 

Anyways that's all I have for now, until next time.

Au Revoir 

Sarah 

Been Awhile

Well, a brief recap is in order here we go.

1. We went hiking again. This picture was captured by my dad the day we went on trail\off trail hiking. It was gorgeous, this picture doesn't even do it nearly enough justice! 

I was also experimenting with my hair that day, you can't tell from this pic but I was attempting a natural straighten which involved a brush and a hair dryer.

Yeah I know the point of a perm is to get curls but some days you want to go straight.

2. I got new oxfords (and returned the previous ones)

3. Enjoyed the lush fall weather

4. Put together our costumes for our churches upcoming costume party (it's next month) 

5. Drew some more. I found out that makeup contouring guides make great face shading cheat sheets.

6. Went to an awesome friend's birthday party 

And that's it for now, sorry it was short...and not a story...or anything else more interesting...you know what, how about I leave you with a couple poems.

The World in the Door

There was a crack,

In the middle of the door,

Every time we looked away,

It was bigger than before.

It dazzled our eyes,

With sights so grand,

That enveloped us so,

Till we were in the palm of it's land.

We stood for awhile,

With wide open eyes,

By opalescent waters,

And bluish green skies.

Till slowly it faded

As the woodworks reformed 

And we were as before 

Our stunning venture adjourned.

~SarahPG

A Poem Wish

Give me a steady rhyme

So that I can keep the time

As I really ought to do

And not too many nor too few 

Let the subject grow and grow 

Until it has to fly, to go

Because it has to end sometime

As it is with all good rhymes.

~SarahPG

Onwards or No 

Choose to discover, choose to forget

What you decide, will affect 

Close your eyes, open wide

A dream or reality, a crazy ride

Think you know? No you don't 

Think you can handle, no you won't 

What you've seen so far doesn't compare 

To danger you'll face, better prepare

If you'll move forward take a step back 

If you'll retreat than pack 

Once you choose, you're stuck

With either choice you'll need pluck 

Leave and you'll wonder;

Stay? Stray asunder?

But better to leap and fall

Than to not leap at all 

And forever wonder,

If you made the right call.

~SarahPG

 Done for now like I said before, still gathering my this and that's. I need a bit more time to gather my creativity in a manageable place.

Anyways, Au Revoir my Amis 

Sarah Gracen

The Return of the Procrastinator

...seriously that's gonna be my next book ...yeah B) ...and it'll be so ironic because I'll procrastinate on it too, THAT'LL BE THE SEQUEL! "The Ironic-ness Strikes Back!"

:j all joking aside, I have been putting off posting for a while a long while for various reasons I conjure up whenever I knowI should be posting...I really need to step it up.

Anyways while I gather my creative this and that's I post pictures of what I've been up too,

Fall and winter shopping because I've been putting it off for 3 years and I'm tired of being cold on Sundays (I meant mostly just Sunday, fall and winter shopping I have clothes for weekdays) 

And yeah...those are just the shoes I got I did buy sweaters and tops as well.

Drawing...not so much this past week, I was busy rereading a really great series (leave a comment if you want to know what it was was)

         ... {~S~} ...

      Out of pictures 

I also had several hiking trips with my dad (and sometimes sisters) in the local park...which was just oh, just gorgeous and wonderful, felt like I was in a book or something with all those fall trees and that outdoorsy smell Mmmmm.

Went in Pinterest a lot

Had a long string of late nights where I couldn't fall asleep because of stress (but what do I have to be stressed about? Ugh let me count the things) 

Made plans, changed plans, kept plans 

Ect... 

And interestingly enough, still very busy.

I'll try to get back on here when that cools down.

Anywho really need to go...

Au Revoir my Amis