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Tag Archives: #InkTober2016
#Inktober2016 day 20 with watercolor and haiku
unwinding with my meandering fall garden meditates the soul . . . © 2016 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Haiku, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #InkTober2016, #WorldWatercolorGroup, Art, fall, Fall Garden, garden, Haiku, meandering, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, reflections, soul, Writing
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#Inktober2016 Day 18 & haiku, color to come . . .
pumpkincopia proud and round visual treats feed all our senses! © 2016 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Halloween, Holidays, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #InkTober2016, Art, cornucopia, earth, fall, Haiku, harvests, hay, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, pumpkincopia, pumpkins, visual treats, Writing
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#Inktober2016 Day 17 and Haiku
inktober invites magical nights filled with frights and black star delights . . . © 2016 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Halloween, Nature, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #InkTober2016, Art, black stars, crows, delights, frights, Halloween, Magical Nights, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, pumpkins
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#Inktober2016 WIP and haiku
falls fading flowers holding on for one final defying climax © 2016 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Haiku, Nature, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Quick Sketches
Tagged #InkTober2016, Art, drawing, Fading flowers, fall, Flowers, Haiku, ink, Ink Sketch, Michelle Kogan, Pens, Plein Air, poem, poetry
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#Inktober2016 Day 15
Quick sketch riding on the “L” in Chicago.
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Halloween, Holidays, Nature, Quick Sketches
Tagged #InkTober2016, Art, crows, fall, Halloween, moons, pumpkins, scarecrow
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#Inktober2016 Day 14 WIP
WIP, early inking of a picture book illustration.
#Inktober2016 day 11 WIP
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 . . .
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, pen sketch
Tagged #InkTober2016, Art, cats, drawing, Fall Harvest, Gooseneck gourds, Gourds, pen
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#Inktober2016 and haiku
dusk dances emerge, chiseled zinnia gestures and autumn answers . . . © 2016 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Haiku, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #InkTober2016, #WorldWatercolorGroup, autumn, dances, dusk, fall, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, nature, Writing, Zinnias
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#Inktober2016 Day 9 and Haiku
inktober’s spreading, catching all kinds and casting mysterious spells . . . © 2016 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Halloween, Holidays, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #InkTober2016, Art, bats, black cats, ghosts, Haiku, Halloween, Michelle Kogan, Mysterious spells, pen, Ravens, Sketching, Writing
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