Tag Archives: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater

Poetry Friday–Tulips & Baby Leaves…

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing more #PoemsofPresence. The first one, from my notebook comes from thinking and wondering about poet, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, and her 100 tulips that she planted last fall… I was wondering if they are up and … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, animals, Art, Baby Leaves, Carol Varsalona, Cottontails, earth, environment, family, Flowers, friends, Humanity, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, MichelleHeidenrich Barnes, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, spring, sun, Thanks, thoughts, Tulips, Writing | 17 Comments

Poetry Friday: Holidaze & Online Art Classes

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Happy Passover! Happy Easter! Well my #NaPoWriMo project has been eclipsed by many things… the major eclipse has been work–I’ve been preparing to teach two online classes that are starting the week of April 20th. I’ve made … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #NaPoWriMo2020, #Online Art Classes, #PoetryFriday, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, Art, books, earth, Easter, Evanston Art Center, family, friends, Holidays, Humanity, Irene Latham, Michelle Kogan, nature, Passover, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, stories, sun, Thanks, thoughts, Writing | 21 Comments

Poetry Friday–For Lee Bennett Hopkins, #DearOneLBH

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! This week for Poetry Friday many of us have written poems for our Dear Poet Pied Piper Lee Bennett Hopkins, who we just lost. We have borrowed lines from his poems and then created a new poem … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged "Jumping Off Library Shelves", "Story", "Storyteller", #DearOneLBH, #NPM, #PoetryFriday, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, books, Children's Poetry, imagination, Jone Rush Macculloch, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Michelle Kogan, Reading | 15 Comments

#Poetry Friday–#NaPoWriMo & Earth Day

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Purple Onion Plant and Peonies, WIP, © 2019 Michelle Kogan,watercolor and watercolor pencil. Happy Poetry Friday! I like to ponder on about our earth everyday, so I’m beginning my celebration of Earth Day today… Happy Earth Day and National … Continue reading →