Michelle’s Card Shop
Click the Karner Blue Butterfly to visit my Etsy Shop.
Read my poem, "Temptations."
Read my poem, "Mom's Beauty."
Read my poem, "Toady." I also created the cover art.
Reading Now
Category Archives: Picture Book Sketches
#NaPoWriMo Day 13
GROW MILKWEED SEEDS Looking looking searching high and low, Are you my milkweed seeds starting to 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, Action, Art, books, earth, environment, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Milkweed seeds, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Seeds, spring, sun, thoughts, Waiting, Writing
Leave a comment
#PoetryFriday: Sparrows, Spring, & Music
we’re windowpane sparrows pining for spring it’s coming, be patient… pop by each afternoon, come out, take a peak, commune with nature–a natural treat… © 2019 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! Linda Baie at her blog TeacherDance is our hostess … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged "White Bird", #PoetryFriday, Art, Christie Wyman, doves, environment, Humanity, Linda Baie, Michelle Kogan, music, patience, poems, poetry, reflections, sparrows, spring, Teacher Dance, thoughts, Watercolor, Wondering and Wondering, Writing
10 Comments
Register for Michelle’s Winter 2018 Art Classes
Pencil sketch from the picture book, Trudy’s Ghost, © 2017 Michelle Kogan. Happy New Year! Come join one of my Winter Art Classes & Workshops at the Evanston Art Center Starting in just over a week on January 8th, 2018 Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Art, Children's Picture Book Illustration, drawing, Evanston Art Center, Figure and Nature, Figure Drawing and Painting, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Pen and Ink an watercolor, Pen and ink and Dr. Marin Watercolor, Watercolors materials composition and technique, Winter 2018 Art classes, Writing
Leave a comment
Poetry Friday: Fib and Picture Books
For Poetry Friday, I wrote a little fib in honor of the SCBWI-IL Conference –Prairie Writer’s and Illustrator’s Day that I’m attending tomorrow and been preparing for. It’s a very wee ditty, for my wee time that I had. And … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged animals, Art, books, Fib poems, Halloween, Kidlit, Michelle Kogan #Poetry Friday, picture books, Prairie Writer's and Illustrator's conference, SCBWI-IL, Trudy's Ghost
21 Comments
Poetry Friday: Poem Swap & Response
I received a surprise envelope all the way from tropical Hawaii this week. With these lovely drawings and haiku to accompany. They came from Joy Acey, and she also sent me a beautiful card with a view of their “island … Continue reading
Posted in ACEO, Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Halloween, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged animals, Art, Endangered Hawaiian Goose, environment, Haiku, Hawaii, Joy Acey, Michelle Kogan, nene, Painting, poems, Poetry Friday, Sale, SALE http://www.MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com, travel, Watercolor, wings, Writing
32 Comments
