PenguinArt by Kate Garchinsky


August 2010


Featured in the July 2010 issue of Word mag

August 24, 2010

From IndieLullabies.com: “‘Stage invasions aren’t supposed to be this cute. As sprightly folk-popsters The Leisure Society launch into their second number, a two-year-old wobbles up to the front of the stage, making it to the edge before he’s whisked off by his mother to a murmur of aahs.’ James Medd of Word interviewed SMTS co-producer and [...]

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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-19

August 19, 2010

has an appointment to meet the chair of the MFA Illustration program at School of Visual Arts next Thurs. NYC feels rather magnetic lately. #

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Frogs, dogs, and polliwogs: 3 weeks of doing too much with too few successes

August 18, 2010

When stuck, try everything else. Worst idea? Watercolor plein air in the rain. #$#&%! Best idea? Getting Maggie and Kermit together for a picture. Experiments to be continued.

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Lost and found and lost

August 11, 2010

Injured female Scarlet Tanager, rescued and released last week. I feel a bit scatterbrained. The feeling hasn’t ceased for three weeks. Scattered and incredibly focused at the same time. Yes I just contradicted myself. Kind of. Let’s try this again. Since the New York trip my brain has swollen four times its usual size with [...]

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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-07

August 7, 2010

Frog in progress… http://twitpic.com/2c1dbn #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-04

August 4, 2010

I posted 8 photos on Facebook in the album "Kate" http://fb.me/EsO9AfDC #

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No sleep til bloodbuzz

August 3, 2010

Last week I spent a good solid 5 days in New York City via Brooklyn—the longest I’ve ever stayed in the big, big city. I hadn’t planned it that way. The original purpose of the trip was the Illustrator’s Intensive hosted by the Metro NY chapter of SCBWI on Saturday, July 24—a plan that I almost [...]

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