Tag Archives: Gourds

Poetry Friday-Definito Poem Prompt

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a definito poem this week, from the Poetry Sister’s September poem prompt. Thanks Heidi Mordhorst for creating this form! And thanks to all the Poetry Sister’s for the prompt: Laura, Tanita, Mary Lee, Liz, Kelly, … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #Color Spectrum, #Definito, #HUES, #PoetryFriday, #poetrypals, Art, birds, fall, Gourdian FInch, Gourds, Heidi Mordhorst, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poem, poems, poetry, pumpkins, reflections, Tabatha Yeatts: The Opposite of Indifference, Watercolor, Writing | 19 Comments

#Inktober 2018 day 10 letter “G” & #poem

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

GOURDY GOURDS Golly– have you seen these gourds they’re gorgeous in a gourdy kinda way… Glumpy bumps creep through their curves, handles that bespeak of beaks– Golly– have you heard these gourds they’re gorgeous in a gourdy kinda way… Singing … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #inktober, animals, Art, environment, fall, family, getting along, Gourds, Humanity, inclusive, Inktober 2018, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, reflections, stories, Writing | 2 Comments

Poetry Friday tanka, #inktober and painting

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

I’m wrapped in the roundness of fall, and for Poetry Friday I’m sharing an autumnal tanka poem and ink and watercolor painting; also for inktober. I’m also sharing a fall poem by Carl Sandburg and one by Mary Oliver. SEEDS … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Writing | Tagged #Inktober 2017, Art, autumn, Carl Sandburg, dip pens, fall, Gourds, Mary Oliver, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Pens, pods, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, pumpkins, Tanka, Watercolor | 28 Comments

#Inktober2016 day 11 WIP

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

From my Watercolor, Materials, and Techniques class that I was teaching this morning. A Student brought in some pens and presented the perfect opportunity for a demo . . .