Category Archives: Pencil Drawing

Poetry Friday–Black-eyed Suzies

Posted on May 19, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

look closewhat will you find… susie’s leaves,milkweed sprouts, and bee © 2022 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! My poems today come from Margaret Simon’s post yesterday, for This Photo Wants to be a Poem.Thanks Margaret for taking time to stop … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged Back-eyed Susies, bees, Carmela Martino, Gratitude, haiku, Jelani Cobb, Kelly McBride, Look Close, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Painting, Poetry Friday, Slow down, spring, Teaching Authors, This Photo Wants To Be A Poem, Watercolor, wildflowers | 10 Comments

Progressive Poem 2022 is Here!

Posted on April 30, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Last Day of National Poetry Month and Last Day for The Progressive Poem 2022 Well, here we are… What an adventurous romp this years Progressive Poem has been. Many thanks to Irene Latham who began the Progressive Poem and … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #kidlitart, #Progressive Poem 2022, animals, artist, Aurora Borealis, Hope, Joyce Sidman, Kidlit Progressive Poem, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, poetry, Poets, Pure Imagination, spring | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday–NPM–Meadowlark

Posted on April 7, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Happy Poetry Month! There are S-o-o-o-o many poetry opportunities to partake in, I wish I could skip sleeping this month and fill up on more of the poetry out there. Here’s a couple of places to wet … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #National Poetry Month, #NPM 2022, #PoetryFriday, #Progressive Poem 2022, Art, birds, Eastern Meadow Lark, Imperfect II, Jama Rattigan, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Janice Scully, Margaret Simon, Mary Lee Hahn Rose Cappelli, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, reflections, Tabatha Yeatts, This Photo Wants to Be, Ukraine, Writing | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday–Ukraine & Spring Cards

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! As many others I have also had Ukraine and the Ukrainian people on my mind this last week. This unfounded War is an attack on Democracy everywhere. I wanted to help in some way and researched various … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, Art, Compassion, Donate Ukraine, Easter Greeting Cards, Etsy, Etsy Shop, Help Ukraine, Kathryn Apel, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, nature, Painting, Passover Greeting Cards, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, save democracy, Ukraine, War Poems, Watercolor, Writing | 15 Comments

Poetry Friday–Time & Star Postcard

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday My poem today is from another of the poem prompts from author and poet Laura Shovan for her 10th Annual February Poetry Project that I’m participating in. The prompt was offered by author and poet, Patricia Valdata, … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, "WE BELONG", "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" Poem, Laura Purdie Salas, Laura Shovan, Linda Mitchell, Michelle Kogan, Patricia Valdata, Sandy Denny | 15 Comments

Poetry Friday–Time & Valentines

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! My poem is borrowed from Laura Shovan’s 10th Annual February Poetry Project, that I’m participating in online. This year the theme is on time, and each day we get a new prompt from another fellow poet. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, "Transforming Time", Art, Carol Varsalona, Creativity, drawing, Idea-time, Laura Shovan, Michelle Kogan, MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com, nature, Playtime, poem, poetry, time, Triolet, valentines day | 9 Comments

Poetry Friday–Found Poem-Eavesdropping prompt…

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! My poem today is inspired by the poetry prompt offered to us by the Poetry Sisters. They challenged us to write a poem from eavesdropping on another conversation. We were provided with some wonderful examples, and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, Art, Coexistence with animals, Coyote, Eavesdropping, Irene Latham, Live Your Poem, Michelle Kogan, nature, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Writing | 19 Comments

Poetry Friday–One Little Word…

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m uncovering my OLW (one little word)…I think I skipped picking a word last year, I had a list but the word and I never came together. This year there were a couple in the corral for … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, Discover, haiku, LIne, Michelle Kogan, nature, one little word, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Tabatha Yeatts, Watercolor, wordplay, Writing | 15 Comments

Poetry Friday—one little word…

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve been mulling over words for a one little word to select for this year. I’ve selected a word, although on my path I came across this poem thinking about one’s one little word… My word is … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Trips, Writing | Tagged #OLW, #PoetryFriday, "The Shape of Water", Alexandre Desplat, Art, Beyond Literacy Link, care, Carol Varsalona, centering calm, Feather, golden shovel, magic, Michelle Kogan, nature, one little word, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Ruth Bowen Hersey, Watercolor, Writing | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday– Wordplay poem: American Redstart, #Inktober, #Birdtober

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday I’ve taken the plunge and written a wordplay poem put out as a challenge by the Poetry Sisters… Thanks Tanita S. Davis, Laura Purdie Salas, Mary Lee Hahn, et al. Find more of these poems tagged with … Continue reading →