Tag Archives: mixed media

Squid girl is done!

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Lisa Yarost

After some penciling and a little more paint, Squid Girl is finished. Yay!

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Squid Girl

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Lisa Yarost

This is another project I worked on over the weekend. It isn’t quite finished yet. I need to either ink it or pencil it because it’s too small for me to paint the details. Maybe somebody else could, but my … Continue reading →

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My beloved monster

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Lisa Yarost

    So, maybe I haven’t dyed my own fabric to make a dress from scratch this weekend, but I have been busy. I reworked my reworking of my drawing and created this painting. I should reassure the world that … Continue reading →

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Dreaming of personal peace

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Lisa Yarost

Paper fabric, painted and inked. Quilted onto sandwich and mounted on canvas stretcher.

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Paper cloth, part 2

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Lisa Yarost

Oh, Outdated Sewing Pattern, what are you doing in my life? You mock me with your huge shoulders, your skinny legs, and your jacket bottom that makes even the models’ butts look disproportionately large. Did you seduce me with promises … Continue reading →

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Paper Cloth: This weekend’s experiment

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Lisa Yarost

So, I’ve  owned the book Stitch Alchemy by Kelli Perkins for quite a while. It’s about paper fabric, which is basically fabric coated with – you guessed it – paper. This is supposed to give the fabric surface paper-like qualities, … Continue reading →

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