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Poetry Friday–short poem, short post

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Here’s to a New Year and a New first poem… My tanka poem was inspired by Margaret Simon’s This Photo Wants to Be A Poem, post this week, thanks Margaret and for the photo too! Stop by … Continue reading →

Posted in Holidays, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Nature photos, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged "mossy greenness", Bert Meyers, Catherine Flynn, classes, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, New Year, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, Tanka, Teaching Art, Writing | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday–May: THESE BRAVE HANDS

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday and Happy May! I’m sharing a poem that’s very new, and that I worked on over the last day or two. It’s a prompt that Michelle Heidenrich Barnes gave us at her blog, Today’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, Picture Book, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged "These Brave Hands", Action, Art, Children, classes, Dreams, earth, Elizabeth Steinglass, environment, family, friends, Humanity, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan #Poetry Friday, nature, Patrice Vecchione, poems, poetry, Ponder, Reading, reflections, stories, The Supremes "Up The Ladder To The Roof", thoughts, Truth, Waiting, Women, Writing | 16 Comments

#PoetryFriday–Voices for Climate & Justice

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! This has been quite a week between the frigid cold we’ve had here in Chicago, and the beginning of the Impeachment hearings… I found a post by artist/Illustrator Emma Reynolds, whose from across the pond, calling for … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, 1968 Tale of School Turmoil, Action, animals, Art, books, classes, earth, Emma Reynolds, environment, friends, Humanity, Joy Harjo, Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Michelle Kogan, people, poems, poetry, Ponder, Protests, reflections, spirit, stories, Students, sun, teaching, thoughts, Todays Little Ditty, Truth, Waiting, Women, Writing | 11 Comments

Poetry Friday–I AM From Poems

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Roger’s Park Dunes Restoration and Piping Plover, endangered species, © 2018, Michelle Kogan, painted in 2012, watercolor and watercolor pencil. Happy Poetry Friday and Fall! As much as I love the changing seasons and colors of fall, I still have … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged "Where I'm From" poems, #PoetryFriday, animals, Art, classes, environment, George Ella Lyon, Humanity, Julie Landsman, Michelle Kogan, nature, people, poems, poetry, reflections, spirit, stories, teaching, thoughts, travel, Waiting, Women, Writing | 22 Comments

#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

Workshop Coming: Dr. Martin Watercolors & Pens

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

I’m teaching a workshop: Pens, Watercolor Pencils, and Dr. Martin Concentrated Watercolor, at the Evanston Art Center, Saturday March 5, 2016, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm. For Registration: Evanston Art Center The study here: Sparrow and first Narcissus, © 2016 Michelle … Continue reading →

Tagged Art, Children's Illustration, classes, Dr. Martin Concentrated watercolors, Evanston Art Center, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Pen and Ink, sparrow, Spring in Winter, Watercolor, workshop | Leave a comment

New Classes, Painting & Tanka

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Magical Winter Gourds Michelle Kogan © 2015 winter gourds full, round, filled with mystery that carry messages, mystical, magical opening many minds… New 2016 Art Classes I’m gearing up for my New Class offerings that begin Tuesday, January 5th, 2016 … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged Art, Children's Illustration Class, classes, Dr. Martin Watercolor Workshop, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting: Still life and Figures, watercolor class, watercolors, Winter 2015 Classes | Leave a comment

Sketches become art…become cards… Dr. Martin Watercolor Workshop

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Join me this Saturday for an art workshop at the Evanston Art Center: Pens, Watercolors, and Dr. Martin Concentrated Watercolor Workshop: Class ID#9026 9:30 – 4:00 pm, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015 For Registration Visit: http://www.evanstonartcenter.org The art above: “Fall Nasturtiums,” a card … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged Art, artclasses, classes, Dr. Martin Concentrated watercolors, drawing, Michelle Kogan, micron pen, Painting, Pen and Ink, Watercolor, workshop | Leave a comment

Michelle Kogan Fall Plein Air Workshop Lincoln Park Conservatory & 2 more Art Classes

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Posted in Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art | Tagged Art, classes, Evanston Art Center, Fall Art Classes, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Plein Air Painting, Plein Air Workshop, The Figure: Creating a Body of Work, Watercolor, watercolors with tubes and pencils | Leave a comment

New Halloween and Black-capped Chickadee Card Available in my Etsy Shop

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

BOO! Happy Halloween… Here are two new cards available in my Etsy Shop http://www.MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com The Halloween card is called, Boo! Halloween 2012 and I’ve included a couple of the characters that influenced the card. The card below is from … Continue reading →