SOC Week 5 & New Crudoodle Preview

This week, I did two pieces of art for Summer of Color  The colors for Week 5 are Royal Blue and Red and a smudge, splash or pop of Light Blue. The first is this girl wrapped up in Red Ribbons. She was done with ink, white acrylic and colored pencils. The second piece started […]

SoC Week 4

Pink and Apple Green, with a smudge, splash or a pop of dark green. Such luscious, girly-girl colors for this week at Summer of Color. Pinks and greens together, always make me think of flowers, so it’s no surprise that flowers are included in what I did this week. The first thing I did was […]

SOC Week 3

Summer of Color 4’s palette this week was Lavender and Grey with a smudge, splash or pop of Plum.Absolutely fabulous colors to work with!  So fabulous, that I was inspired to create three pieces of art using them, two mixed medium and one digital. It reads:  “discover yourself” and “It’s never too late to be […]

SOC Week 2

The colors for Week 2 of Summer of Color 4 are Coral and Teal with smudge, splash or pop of Bright White. Love, love, love these colors! I’m in love with painting faces lately, so I did a girl with a sweet little owlet. I used Faber Castel Gel Sticks and Acrylics, stamps, tissue paper, […]

SOC Week 1

The colors for Week 1 of Summer of Color are Aqua and Yellow with a smudge, splash or pop of pink. This turned out to be an explosion of yellow, (which really doesn’t show in the photos – it’s so much more vibrant in reality) and which was totally unplanned.  I started with the aqua […]

Collector of Memories

Collector of Memories Loose journal page Mixed media using Faber Castel Gel Sticks, acrylic paint, gesso, stamps, tissue paper, etc., on 9×12 water color paper. The message: “Everyday moments become cherished memories” “collector of memories” “Remember the wonderful parts” I started this to practice relaxing about “messy looking” backgrounds. … I made myself stay away […]

A Sketch With No Name Yet

A little sketch which I’ll work more on.  She has no name yet.  I’m drawing a blank as to what to call her.  Do you have any suggestions? Linking to: Friday Sketches

Girl Friends

A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future and accepts you just the way you are. Girl Friends by Tori Beveridge – 8 x 10 doodle on mixed media paper, done in ink and watercolor

Blue Princess

My love for fantasy, fairies and elves made me sketch this fairy tale princess.  Ink, acrylic and Faber Castell gel sticks on 5 x 7 mixed media paper. I call her ‘Blue Princess’ because of the obvious amount of blue I used and because she looks a little melancholy.

Inspiration Block – Be Yourself

Recently I picked up Julie Nutting’s book, Collage Couture. I love the book and I  love her collage girls.  This inspiration block was my first attempt at it.   This block also marked the first time that I actually loved the background that I created with torn papers and paint. While I like the girl […]

What I Did for EMG’s Sketch Fest

This past weekend, I had a bit of time to participate in the monthly Sketch Fest, over at Ellen Million Graphics. So many prompts, so little time.  I’m going to make sure I have more time to participate in the next one. I chose two prompts by Rene Kunert:   ‘Hair’ and ‘Message in A […]

Journal and Digital Art Pieces

This week has been really busy.  I’ve been working outside most days, but I did take the time to do a little bit of art. This cute girl was another just for fun doodle, and she really was fun and relaxing to work on. I did tackle an old digital piece that I was never […]