http://kathleenhmahoney.com/blog all things art, design, digital art, crafts, creative Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:24:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Been trying to upload this video for a while now. I think it was just too big, so I created a page on my website and added it there. Hopefully it will work. It is so frustrating to run into technical problems on such a limited time line. Babies naps ... http://kathleenhmahoney.com/blog/2010/07/02/artist-and-viewer/ THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA Theodore Gericault took advantage of his chance to scandalize Paris by giving the French a painting of the survivors of a shipwreck. That this was an actual contemporary event, and not an incident out of ancient Greece, and that the survivors struggled through starvation, cannibalism and ... http://kathleenhmahoney.com/blog/2010/06/10/controversial-art-pieces-that-shocked-the-world/ I am working on my thesis project to get my MFA from Pratt Institute. My concentration will be digital art. It's way different than design or painting. And I love it. I look forward to being graduated and trying to do this stuff on my own. The department is very ... http://kathleenhmahoney.com/blog/2009/10/25/my-thesis/ I have been off the radar for several weeks. My kid is getting older and seems to need more attention. Also, he has been sick for several weeks. Add to that the desire to be the best teacher I can be, and spending every free minute adding to my lesson ... http://kathleenhmahoney.com/blog/2009/10/23/where-have-i-been/ Here are the first color tests I did. The leaves are not too bad, but its still hard to hold the brush correctly. The more I did, the more comfortable I felt. The stems were tough as well. the next day I had better luck when I added the black ... http://kathleenhmahoney.com/blog/2009/09/11/orchid-flower-tests/ A few weeks ago I wrote a post about a chinese brush painting kit I purchased a few years ago. I am pleased to announce that I have carved out approximately a half hour each day to work on it. I take a shower while the baby is playing in ... http://kathleenhmahoney.com/blog/2009/08/29/my-first-black-and-white-chinese-brush-painting-tests/ When I was teaching high school, one of the things I loved was researching new ideas for projects. One of my most successful was the shadow drawing. I will at some point post some more info about it. The high school teaching did not work out, and I am currently attending ... http://kathleenhmahoney.com/blog/2009/08/13/chinese-brush-painting/ My goal is to post every Monday night, after the baby goes to bed. But the baby has been having trouble sleeping and we had dinner plans this week. So it's been rough. I want to make money doing this. But I guess I have to actually work on it... I ... http://kathleenhmahoney.com/blog/2009/08/08/i-got-some-cool-cards/ So I started a list of goals last week. It includes lots of stuff like paying off credit cards and getting to the beach with family. That kind of stuff. It also includes finding time to create. And I am leaving it open to just create. I could do some ... http://kathleenhmahoney.com/blog/2009/07/29/another-missed-day/ So I literally joined Blogger less than 30 minutes ago. To my new followers, thank you so much. I am so psyched you are interested. I am hitting the studio Monday night and I will be posting what I worked on. I have no idea what that will be, but ... http://kathleenhmahoney.com/blog/2009/07/26/thanks/