#NaPoWriMo Day 23, #watercolor, #poems, #picturebooks

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Sunflower-front-detail-4-23-2017

Growing Poetry

To write

each day

far from

a chore,

will open up

magical doors.

To read,

to think,

is like

one’s breath–

Ideas sprout

and scenes are set.

Attend

your tool.

carve out

your time,

plant seeds deep, for

character depth.

Art image from The Sunflower Traveler, watercolor and watercolor pencil, a chapter book that’s seeking a home.

About Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Michelle Kogan is an artist, illustrator, instructor, and writer, creating colorful allegorical figure, flora and fauna paintings and children's illustrations, which have a sensitivity to endangered species, and the environment. She is an art instructor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Evanston Art Center and offers Plein Air Painting Workshops at nature venues in the Chicago area including the Lincoln Park Conservatory, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, and Lurie Gardens at Millennium Park. Visit her online Etsy Shop at: http://www.MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com and her website: http://www.michellekogan.com

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2 Responses to #NaPoWriMo Day 23, #watercolor, #poems, #picturebooks

margaretsmn says:

April 23, 2017 at 1:35 pm

This is my hope each and every day. Love the sweet portrait.

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- Michelle Kogan Illustration, Painting & Writing says:
  
  April 23, 2017 at 2:52 pm
  
  Thanks Margaret! I’m out clearing my garden this afternoon, hope to get some plants in.
  
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