Welcome to my Illustration/Painting Art Blog!
I was asked to be the featured Illustrator in the Spotlight for January’s The Prairie Wind, the Newsletter of the Illinois Chapter of the SCBWI. My article is called Journey with an Illustrator, Painter and Writer, and below is one of the illustrations included with the article. Here’s a link to the article
http://www.scbwi-illinois.org/pub/PrairieWind
The Evanston Art Center is starting off the New Year with a Faculty Exhibition. Below is the painting I’ve included in the exhibit.
The Exhibit runs January 20th – February 10, 2013
With an Opening Reception Sunday January 20, 1 – 4 PM
Michelle Kogan, Africa/America Conserve, watercolor and watercolor pencil on paper.
Wintery weather is creeping up on us in Chicago, so I thought I’d share with you a sneak peek at a few New Holiday Cards coming next week to my Etsy Shop:
MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com
Sailing by Seagulls and Wildflowers on the Dunes.
These are character pencil sketches for A picture book that I worked on for an
SCBWI-IL Illustrator’s workshop.
Meerkats in Winter, Peace! Watercolor, watercolor pencil and Photoshop.
Happy New Year!
I started this illustration at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, it’s from their African Exhibit. I was with my SCBWI Illustrators group. We all spread out in different parts of the zoo, did some work and then came together again at lunch to look at each others art! It was a great art morning and the meerkats were super models! And so were the beautiful small blue birds…Later in the year, around November I dropped in the starry sky.
All art on this blog is © Michelle Kogan unless otherwise noted. View more of Michelle’s art at her website http://www.michellekogan.com
Lovely work, makes me want to do watercolors.
Hi Judy, Thanks for taking a look, I have classes starting again in Sept., if you’re in the area.
Michelle,
I’m so glad to have found you on the web. I love the illusration of the giraffe and the goose in winter. It makes me wish I could write a children’s book, just to have you do the illustrations. I have no website, but if you go to my facebook page and check out the photo albums marked “Quilts” and “Quilts II” you will see some examples of the quilting work I havre done in the past five or six years. Be well. Allison
Hi Allison, Thanks for stopping by. Took a look at your quilts, Wow! Hope we can cross paths sometime soon, Michelle
Very nice work ! Nice seeing you in the city of new york.
Thanks for taking a look at my site!
Hi Michelle,
Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving a note!
You have such a clear personal style of soft and gentle watercolors, very beautiful. I enjoyed my visit here
Pia
Thanks for taking a look! Hope to see more of your work too!
Michelle, Beautiful work. I will share your link on my facebook page. I have a number of friends that will be looking at your card shop. Jacquie http://jacquierhoades.blogspot.com/
Hi Jacquie, Thanks for stopping by my site and sharing a link to my page on FB! All the Best to you.
Your pictures are very sweet and dreamlike. They are very happy and magical. Beautiful works.
Hi Shelly thanks for your thoughts and taking a look at my work. All the best to you with your own art creations!
Hey I just joined the SCBWI in Chicago and would love to meet with other local illustrators! Can you let me know where we meet?
Hi, We meet the 2nd Saturday of the month at the Des Plaines Library. For more info check out the Chicago Illustrators network at the SCBWI Illinois site, there’s also other network info posted on this page: http://www.scbwi-illinois.org
Hello, I’m just letting you know I’ve nominated you for the Sunshine Award. Congratulations!
http://tipprblog.com/2013/04/24/sunshine-award/