Category Archives: Picture Book

#PWID 2018 -Take Flight -Masthead Voting

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Calling all SCBWI-Illinois Members Voting is open for choosing the #PWID 2018 – #Take Flight – Masthead There’re 17 terrific entries You can vote between today, July 7– 14 midnight. So mosey on on over and cast your vote. Here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PWID 2018 Take Flight Masthead, acrylics, Art, books, classes, environment, family, Flowers, Humanity, nature, poems, poetry, reflections, SCBWI-IL, scratchboard, thoughts, Vote, Voting, Watercolor, Writing | Leave a comment

Poetry Friday–Golden Shovel, Books, Children

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

My thoughts were and are still with the students and teachers of the Santa Fe, Tx, High School shooting from last week. I let poetry and painting feed the outrage in my heart. I had just received this beautiful book, … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Between the Lines, books, Elizabeth Cotten, environment, Freight Train, friends, golden shovel, Libba, Marching, May, Michelle Kogan, Nikki Grimes, people, poems, poetry, reflections, stories, The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten, Todays Little Ditty, wings | 40 Comments

Poetry Friday: #NaPoWriMo Earth Day & Art Exhibits

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Happy Early Earth Day! Happy National Poetry Month! … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Picture Book, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, Art, Art Exhibits, drawing, earth day, environment, Gallery 1070, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Protect Earth, Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, spring, Studio b., The Emergent Garden | 23 Comments

Poetry Friday-Lee Bennett Hopkins Birthday Bash! and #NaPoWriMo day 13

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

A Celebration of Jubilation of Historical Consideration! With Bookish Balloons and Wild Wacky Words, Marvelous Metaphors and Scrumptious Similes! Stir them Shake them Stick them In a Pan Dim the Lights Drum Roll Please… It’s A Birthday Bash for … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, animals, anthologies, Art, Birthdays, Children's Books, Children's Poetry books, family, Humanity, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, poems, Poetry Friday, Robyn Hood Black, spring, stories, Toady, Waiting, Writing | 28 Comments

Poetry Friday: Layers and Snow Sketch

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Pencil sketch, © 2017 Michelle Kogan. Taken from a pic of my sister and I when we were packed into many, many, many layers! (p.s. I’m in the front.) Happy Poetry Friday! I have to admit the poems I’m sharing … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing | Tagged Art, Children, cold, friends, LAYERS, Michelle Kogan, Naomi Shihab Nye, Pabo Neuda, pencil sketch, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, snow, winter | 37 Comments

Register for Michelle’s Winter 2018 Art Classes

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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: Halloween’s almost here…

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! as Halloween is fast approaching I’m sharing a Halloween inspired poem-story, and art to wet your appetite. Wishing all a spoooooky fun-filled Halloween! WIRY WINNEY RIDES AGAIN Wiry Winney whirled through the town, haunting all children … Continue reading →