Category Archives: Picture Book Sketches

Poetry Friday Birth Day Roundup is Here!

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome! I’m Hosting the Poetry Friday Roundup and decided to Celebrate Birthdays and Birth Days, as my Birthday is coming up this weekend. Also make sure to checkout the Poetry Sisters Ekphrastic poems for their May poem … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Picture Book Sketches, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Birth Day, #PoetryFriday #Poetry Friday Roundup, #poetrypals, "Poppiness", Birthday, Eric Carle, Flowers, haiku, Linda Pastan, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Monarch, Poppies, Ruth Whitman, spring, Terrapin, Turtles | 28 Comments

Poetry Friday–Progressive Poem & Poem in the style of Linda Hogan

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday and Welcome to the last stop for the Progressive Poem 2021 Our Progressive Poem began with author/poet Irene Latham and as of last year, the poem baton has been passed on to Margaret Simon at her blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, poetry, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, #poetrypals, #Progressive Poem 2021, #seeds, #Spring, #Spring Sprouts, Christie Wyman, Irene Latham, Kathryn Apel, LInda Hogan, Margaret Simon, Matt Forest Esenwine, Michelle Kogan, Tanita S. Davis | 26 Comments

Poetry Friday–Poem Swap

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Today I’m celebrating summer with my Summer 2020 Poem Swap sent to me by Rebecca Herzog. I was delighted to receive this lovely, feel good poem and watercolor celebrating summer and sparkles–this helped me to remember it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged #kidlitart, #kidlitillustration, #PoetryFriday, #SummerPoemSwap, Art, celebrate, Children, Children's Illustration, Dreams Corine Bailey Ray, earth, environment, Fairies, family, Flowers, friends, Halo, Humanity, Laura Purdie Salas, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, Rebecca Herzog, reflections, Sparkles, spirit, stars, stories, Students, summer, sun, Tabatha Yeatts, travel | 28 Comments

Poetry Friday–Art: Process, Practice, Presentation, Student’s of Michelle Kogan

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Today I’m Happy to share with you images from my Student’s Exhibit: ART: PROCESS, PRACTICE, PRESENTATION. We had a wonderful opening last Sunday with delectable edibles and conversations! The artwork is from four classes that I teach … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Haiku, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #AfterDarkBlogTour, #PoetryFriday, Art, Avis Harley, Cheriee Weichel, Children's Picture Book Illustration, Dr. Martin Watercolor, Evanston Art Center, Figure Drawing, Figure Drawing and Painting, Library Matters, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Student's Art Exhibit, teaching, Teaching Art, Thank-yous, Watercolor | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday–Holiday EXPO 2019 & Ginger Spice

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing some sweetness and spice in poetry and images this week for my post. My images are from The 2019 Winter Art & Crafts EXPO at the Evanston Art Center open now through December 21, 2019 … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, books, earth, environment, family, Freedom, Ginger Spice, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, Rebecca Herzog, reflections, Sloth Reads, spirit, stories, thoughts, Truth, Waiting | 18 Comments

#PoetryFriday–Voices for Climate & Justice

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! This has been quite a week between the frigid cold we’ve had here in Chicago, and the beginning of the Impeachment hearings… I found a post by artist/Illustrator Emma Reynolds, whose from across the pond, calling for … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, 1968 Tale of School Turmoil, Action, animals, Art, books, classes, earth, Emma Reynolds, environment, friends, Humanity, Joy Harjo, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, Protests, reflections, spirit, stories, Students, sun, teaching, thoughts, Todays Little Ditty, Truth, Waiting, Women, Writing | 11 Comments

Register for Michelle Kogan’s Summer Art Classes

Posted on June 2, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Figure study, © 2019 Michelle Kogan, watercolor pencil. Register for one of my Summer Art Classes at the Evanston Art Center, they begin in one week, on June 10, 2019. I’m offering the following classes & workshops. For Registration … Continue reading →

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#NaPoWriMo day 16 Milkweed story takes a turn, & also might take a break…

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Hey look, what’s that big thing over there– A ladybug, flying through the air. © 2019 Michelle Kogan For National Poetry Month, I’m writing poems inspired by art that I create or have created. Visit these spots on line to … Continue reading →

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#NaPoWriMo Day 15 –Milkweed story continues…

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Little plant says she’ll grow, do you think so? Popcorn snows melting, let’s whisper grow. © 2019 Michelle Kogan For National Poetry Month, I’m writing poems inspired by art that I create or have created. Visit these spots on line … Continue reading →

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#NaPoWriMo–Continuing my emerging milkweed story…

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Hey my new friend have no fret for me, I’ve endured the winter watch, you’ll see… © 2019 Michelle Kogan For National Poetry Month, I’m writing poems inspired by art that I create or have created. Visit these spots on … Continue reading →