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"Tentatively Certain"
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My Entry for the “5th Annual Halloweensie Contest!!!!!” Story + Illustration #inktober
Here’s my story for the “5th Annual Halloweensie Contest.” The contest was created by the extraordinaire author and blogger Susanna Leonard Hill, and is up and running on her site: http://susannahill.blogspot.com . The challenge: to write a 100 word or less Halloweensie story for little kids … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Halloween, Holidays, Painting, Writing
Tagged #inktober, 2015, 5th Annual Halloweensie Contest, artist, arts, bats, books, Children's Illustration, chores, Cleaning rooms, costume, dark, Dr. Martins Watercolors, fall, ghosts, Halloween, haunted, Michelle Kogan, moon, pen, Picture Book, pumpkins, spiders, Spooky, Susanna Leonard Hill, trick or treat
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Nasturtium’s… Quick Pen Sketch and Fall Poem
1,000 Days of Fall… I wish I could have 1,000 days of fall… a sweater’s gentle breeze soft cicada’s humming nasturtium leaves waving asters almost open coreopsis in white suzies blooms hanging on clematis still budding gentle geraniums… But I … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Art, arts, autumn, Children, Children's Illustration, fall, Flowers, gardens, Michelle Kogan, nasturtiums, nature, pen sketch, poem, writing
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New Fall and Halloween Cards Coming to my Etsy Shop Next Week
Autumn Amber Greetings! Below are two cards from my original watercolor paintings that are coming to my http://www.MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com Shop next week! Stop by and take a look… The card on top is called Hydrangea and Black-capped Chickadee and … Continue reading
1st Call: Michelle Kogan Fall 2012 Art Classes
1st Call for Michelle’s Fall Art Classes! The cool lake breezes have blown in…ah a respite relief from our Sultry Summer Days. Although this is the Windy City and we’re sure to have some dog days of summer still ahead, so kick … Continue reading
Posted in Michelle's Art Classes
Tagged Art Classes, arts, Chicago Botanic Garden, drawing, emily oaks nature center, Evanston Art Center, fall, Fall Art Classes, Figure Painting and Drawing, Inspirational Drawing and Painting, lake breezes, Painting, painting and Drawing, Plein Air, Plein Air Drawing and Painting, Plein Air Painting Workshop, The Figure: Creating a Body of Work, Watercolor, watercolor guild, Watercolor Painting
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Hydrangea & Black Capped Chickadee: Plein Air Watercolor in Process
Sultry Summer Greetings! This summer I’m teaching two Plein Air Classes. One at the Evanston Art Center and one at the Chicago Botanic Garden. While my students are busy working I try to squeeze in a painting or … Continue reading
Hummingbird and Tritoma Watercolor Painting Coming as a Card
Just recently finished this little watercolor, which I actually started a few years ago in the Chicago Botanic Garden, while teaching my Summer Plein Air Class. This month I opened an Etsy Shop which features cards created from my original … Continue reading
Terri Murphy’s Journey of a Picture Book: One Day I Went Rambling
June 2nd at the Prospect Heights Public Library, I had the great pleasure of attending Terri Murphy’s Journey of a Picture Book, an illustrator’s presentation of: One Day I Went Rambling a new picture book written by Kelly Bennett and illustrated by Terri … Continue reading
Vocal Illustration Friday
Squeaking in with this quick, watercolor and pen illustration for IF, on Thursday Afternoon! I’ve been thinking about the drawing over the week and decided to use this princess character I am developing for an Illustration workshop as my … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration Friday
Tagged arts, Children's Illustration, illustration friday, princess, puppy, quick, vocal, Watercolor, watercolor & pen, workshops
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Spring Art Classes: Michelle Kogan
Join me for a Spring Art Class. Registration for all Spring Classes is through the Evanston Art Center. The Plein Air Watercolor Class meets in the Lincoln Park Conservatory Greenhouse. Visit my website for description details and click on Classes: … Continue reading
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