This week has flown by! It’s already Friday and time for another Art Feature. This week’s Featured Artist is Lindsay Cheesewright You have two sides to your art, a light fairy side and a darker side. How did the two come about? Do you prefer one over the other?Fantasy in general came about from […]
It’s Friday! Time for another Art Feature. Meet this week’s Featured Artist Maigan Lynn www.maiganlynnart.com Trinity by Maigan Lynn Why and how did you become an artist?I think I was meant to be an artist. I suppose this might sound funny but I believe in things happening for a reason. I had gone to […]
It’s Friday and time for another Art Feature.Meet this week’s Featured Artist Mainili Artist, Mainilihttp://mainili.com/ What medium do you use and why? First I started with graphite – like many artists, but then I fell in love with watercolor. I recently discovered the magic of digital painting. I sometimes use acrylic in my paintings with […]
I took a break from working on my Birthstone Fairies and finished this cute little fairy sitting with her butterfly friends. I couldn’t think of a name for her, so this is called Little Fairy. If anyone can think of a better name for her, please let me know. Little Fairy by Tori Beveridge 2012 […]
Today, I’m painting fairies and watching and listening to Mairead Nesbitt of Celtic Woman for inspriration. It’s like watching a fae come to life. Mairead Nesbitt of Celtic Woman Even Disney Studios agrees. She is the solo Celtic Violinist, on the Joel McNeely score, for both Tinkerbell and Tinkerbell and The Lost Treasure. The video […]
I’m working on a few birthstone fairies right now, including June’s Pearl. It looks like November’s Birthstone Fairy, Topaz will be finished first. I am in love with the sunny yellow that I have picked for her. It’s not a color that I work with often I usually work with pink, purples, greens and blues. […]
Yay! I finished April’s Birthstone Fairy, Diamond. There are a few differences from the preview I showed you a few days ago. I added diamond sparklies and changed her outfit from the little dress I was beginning to paint to a two piece short set, and of course, added the background. This is a very […]
My Birthstone Fairy series has been sitting on the back seat for months now. Should I say over a year? Gah! I am now on a mission to finish them. This is the fifth time I’ve started an April – Diamond Fairy. Other attempts were in white, pale blue and pale pink. They just didn’t […]
If you’re anything like me you have unfinished artwork lying around, either on your hard drive or in your desk, or art studio. It seems I have ALOT of unfinished work. I’ve spent the last few days going through it and deciding what I want to trash and what I want to either finish or […]
I’ve been accepted to join The Enchanted Visions Project. I’m so excited! What is The Enchanted Visions Project? The Enchanted Visions Project was started by artists, Amy Brown and Jessica Galbreth, in 2009. Amy came up with an idea that she and Jessica should decide on a title for a painting and then paint their own version of […]