Still making stuff but only when I stop looking into these eyes

Will be back soon with more stuff, in the meantime, check out my Instagram page for sketches xxx

https://www.instagram.com/gabyell13/

Just One Request

If you are in North Yorkshire please consider coming to see:

It's in Boroughbridge in North Yorkshire at Coronation Hall, a fabulous play with a wonderful cast who have been working hard for months...it's worth every penny and we have a bar on site!

Be there or miss the event of the spring!

You don't have to live in North Yorkshire, England to see it, come along no matter where you are! Anyone can be an audience member if they can get here!

A Series of drawings of Goddesses and Gods

Some time ago I began developing a series of drawings based on several creation myths and the goddesses and gods who helped tell the stories. I had all but forgotten about them when I found them again so I thought I'd share them.

This was the drawing that started it depicting Persephone emerging from Hades' underworld as her mother, Demeter, re-births her into a new life in the land of the living (a bit more to it than that, but you get the idea):

Hades, Aphrodite & Demeter

After that I started researching creation myths

Danu, 1st sketch

Danu, 2nd take

Danu 1st attempt with colour, 3rd attempt

Danu, final colour version

Modron & Mabon's kidnap, B&W 1st sketch

Modron & Mabon's kidnap, colour final sketch

Freya and her golden apples

Demeter and her children

Isis bringing Osiris back to life

Odin hanging on Yggdrasill 

Dagda and the never-ending pot of porridge

Great Spirit & Mother Earth

The Green Man in every season

Mary & Gabriel, 1st version

Mary & Gabriel, 2nd version, never got to color

until next time!

G x

Leave It to James Beaver: This is James...Is it? Really?Is this James?...

So I have just started a blog dedicated to the most creative man I know and my bff, have a look 'cause he's the best.

Leave It to James Beaver: This is James...

Is it?  Really?

Is this James?

...: This is James... Is it?  Really? Is this James? No? who's this then? Of course it's James Beaver Come b...

Back to the drawing board

2016 is turning out to be a bit of a creative wellspring for me, thanks to wandering into Instagram and and an amazing art community.  Here's a few of what I've been doing since the turning of the year:

There will be more to come soon but I am still kind of busy with the play, so don't forget if you are in the area in April to come see it, my actresses are amazingly good!

Hey, I'm Directing "Steel Magnolias" this year

First rehearsal tonight!

more updates soon!!!

Vive France et du peuple français...tonight I think of you

 Feeling such sorrow at the horror in one of my favourite places on earth

...It's that Orange & Black time of the year again

Right, been a while due to having some travels, but it's October and that means everything comes in pumpkin-cinnamon spicy flavoured limited edition, wrapped in orange & black, yep, Halloween is on its way again!!!

So a quick couple of hollow-weenie things for you to have a look at on your Inter-web ventures---

 Monkey Cats Studio (Designer Laurie Hardin) has some lovely Halloween artworks, check out her blog, her stuff is really fabulous

http://lauriehardinsaccents.blogspot.co.uk/

Tonight I came upon another great resource, a whole website dedicated to Halloween

http://halloweenfuntime.com/home

Halloween Cheesecake

I recently got an email from a group I follow, The Public Domain Review asking for a volunteer for their social media and I thought I'd have a look at the job description---long story short; I began doing research on their website and found this fascinating book on what to wear at a costume party, amazeballs! (all online free to read), so gotta share that.

http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/fancy-dresses-described-or-what-to-wear-at-fancy-balls-1887/

Magpie Costume

And if you haven't had enough Halloween yet, come on over to Pinterest and let me show you my many related boards, loads of ideas there.

https://www.pinterest.com/gabyell13/

Gabrielle's Pinterest Page

Happy Haunting on the Halloween web

Until next time!

Gx

Random Crafts---Knitting & Quilting

Soz, been away again for a while but I have been making some stuff

Two weeks ago someone I know at work who broke his leg and needed something to keep it warm while it healed, I asked him what he would like & he replied "make it as hideous as possible"....ta da!

When I went to the PO to send it to him, I had to sign the little tag that declares what was in the package so I wrote "leg warmer", the woman at the window read it, laughed and asked: "Only the one?" And I explained my friends plight & she sent him her best wishes---but as I was driving home I thought, "She didn't know that I didn't have a friend with only one leg, what if I had?  Rude."

Next up, I made my lovely step-daughter an ugly sweater for Xmas, it was a bit big for her so I need to take it in so she can wear it next year to an ugly Xmas sweater party:

 Front

 Back

I wanted t try a pattern fr some long stockings, and while the pattern looks pretty good, they also were too big, so I have some more taking in to do:

My Stateside best pal shaved her head for a children's charity & raised a lot of money but it was really cold then so I was worried she would get ill.  One of her favourite stories is 'The Point' and in it the main character is called Oblio and I made her a hat like his, this is him with his dog, Arrow:

And here she is in her Oblio hat with her very own Arrow!

Some years ago I made my stepdaughter a quilt using all her old t-shirts from childhood that no longer fit as quilt pieces, she still uses it:

Last year I was ill a lot & so for Valentine's day I made all the nurses who helped me these little hearts & filled them with herbs & oils to scent them

Finally for now, here's a little sweater I made my Godson

Thanks for visiting!!! xxx