Category Archives: Sketchbooks

#NaPoWriMo day 14 haiku and sketch

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

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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

#NaPoWriMo day 12 #haiku and #sketch

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

star narcissus nodding approval finally spring! © 2018 Michelle Kogan My Poems for National Poetry Writing Month: Poem one– DEAR APRIL Poem two–Haiku Azaleas Poem three–ODE TO SHUN LEE Poem four–Haiku Daffodils Poem five–APRIL’S MYSTERIES Poem six–APRIL’S BUDS … Continue reading →

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#NaPoWriMo day 11 poem & sketch

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

APRIL SNAKE Slithering snake caught me by surprise while sunning herself in April’s warm eyes. Off she scurried, through left-over-fall leaves, hiding in the myriad of Spring’s drying sheaves. I waited, and waited, and watched–holding my stance tightly, seeking her … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #NationalPoetryMonth2018, April, Art, Michelle Kogan, Pen and Ink, Poem Poetry, Snakes, sun, Waiting, Watercolor, Writing | 2 Comments

#NaPoWriMo Day 10 #skinnypoem and #sketch

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

ANIMAL TRACKS Animals hunting for spring looking for forest tracks underneath snow, forest floors changing, waking forest hunting for animals looking for Spring! © 2018 Michelle Kogan My Poems for National Poetry Writing Month: Poem one– DEAR APRIL Poem … Continue reading →

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#NaPoWriMo day 9–poem and watercolor

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

HURRY SPRING! Took a peek out my window, oh woe–Snow– It’s almost double digit April. I’m ignoring this unnatural coat of white carpeted ground. Come on daffodils do your stuff, move over white fluff. Sing stronger spring– I can’t hear … Continue reading →

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#NaPoWriMo day 8

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

CHANGES IN NATURE I watched her grow for three seasons, munching away mostly in safe areas– Occasionally I had to run her out. When winter set in I saw her hunkering down. If I gave her space, there she’d sit … Continue reading →

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Poetry Friday-#NaPoWriMo day 5 Tanka & Painting

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday, and National Poetry Month. I’ve had such a rich week perusing Jama Rattigan’s blog Jama’s Alphabet Soup and her postings of the many poets featuring poems this month! I’ve been following the Progressive Poem that Irene Latham … Continue reading →