Sidetracked by a Story

Sorry I have not been posting in a while. I have taken a break from my sketches for a moment to work on a side project :) I guess all that posting about dolls I have made in the past got me itching to make another. This one is still very much in the works, since she still needs some final touches (like clothes and a better wig), but she is coming along! I learned some new sculpting techniques for her face, which was fun, but I feel like I still have some kinks to work out.

I am also writing a short story for her, with a teaser included below.

Ella was finishing her last bite of a late breakfast when Fershim, Lady Aurelia’s butler, entered and coughed softly. “Good morning Fershim” “Good morning Miss Ella, if you will excuse me, a certain lady has called here several times in your absence, saying it is of great urgency that she speak to you. She returned again this morning, with two young ladies, and though I told her that you returned late last night and were not yet receiving visitors, she insisted I ask you. If you wish I will have them sent away directly” Fershim said. “Did she give her name?” Ella asked, scanning her brain to think of who could need to see her so urgently in Duren. She hadn’t been home in over a year now, between travelling with her father Sir Markan and then as her godmother Lady Aurelia’s companion. “Well, miss, she said that it was Lady Markan…” Fershim trailed off. Ella glanced up quickly, meeting Fershim’s gaze for just a moment before he transferred his to an impersonal study of the ceiling. “Lady Markan”... Ella repeated, then trailed off as well. Her mother had died ten years ago, when Ella was only nine, so if this truly was Lady Markan, it could only mean… Ella broke off her thoughts hastily and said “Tell her I will be down to see her in a moment” Ella said.

Can you guess what color her dress will be? I'll finish up the story and the doll in the next few weeks and then get back to sketches. Until then!