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Chipster Yarn Painting

Chipster Yarn Painting

I always love experimenting with different techniques and mediums. Once again this was a demo for my students. 

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Collage Sketchbook: Page 14

Collage Sketchbook: Page 14

I mentioned before some of the pages in this book are topical. I create them as I am inspired. Often, more often now than before, I am inspired by current events. Inspiration can come from all emotions. This one came from sadness, worry and horror. This page was...

Collage Sketchbook: Page 13

Collage Sketchbook: Page 13

This one has a sweet story. Every year for our anniversary I make a clay heart (pictured below). All year we fill it with little pieces of paper that we scribbled reasons we love each other, love notes, and memories. On our anniversary, before I present John Jack with...

Collage Sketchbook: Page 12

Collage Sketchbook: Page 12

The Women's March. I've done a post on the Women's March already, which you can find here. John Jack and I attended the march in Nola, and I am currently helping organize a Science march in Baton Rouge. This page was inspired by the signs I saw at the Women's March...

Collage Sketchbook: Page 11

Collage Sketchbook: Page 11

"Her name is Cherry. We just met, and already she knows me better than you." That is the opening line from one of my favorite Amy Winehouse songs, and the inspiration for this drawing. The middle piece is a colored pencil drawing of a guitar, Amy is also done in...

Collage Sketchbook: Page 10

Collage Sketchbook: Page 10

Page 9 of the Collage Sketchbook. This one is pretty nostalgic. Plus there are some pretty cool textures with real history. The caricature of the very depressed looking girl is my best friend in the entire world. I drew this in high school when we where all edgy and...

Collage Sketchbook: Page 9

Collage Sketchbook: Page 9

Page 9 of the Collage Sketchbook. I own a design and t-shirt company, Avery Paige Designs. We also make vinyl stickers. Sometimes I save the weird bits of sticker vinyl that's left over. Do you want to know where these bits came from? The Emblem of the Galactic Empire...