Tag Archives: #Inktober2019

# PoetryFriday– Halloween & Inktober

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m bidding farewell to #Inktober with this last October 31st post. And I guess temporarily to fall as today in Chicago we had winter–snow covered everything. I’m hoping ye old pumpkin came down and has put in … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Halloween, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Inktober2019, #PoetryFriday, fall, ghosts, Michelle Kogan, milkweed pods, pumpkins, snow, Tabatha Yeatts, The Opposite of Indifference | 11 Comments

#PoetryFriday–Dad and #Inktober2019

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I have a few poems today, the first couple are for #Inktober2019, from this weeks prompts. In my first one I’m continuing our approaching holiday theme with the prompt word from Monday: treasure. TREASURE Find treasure… spinning … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Halloween, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Inktober2019, ancient, Constancy, dad, Dreidels, family, Ghost, gingko tree, Halloween, Hanukkah, Holidays, Judgement, Karen Edmisten, Michelle Kogan, Treasure, Trust | 13 Comments

#PoetryFriday–#Inktober, ornaments & new card

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m sharing a few poems and quick sketches from the past week for #Inktober2019. The one above has turned into a holiday card (and will be posted soon in my Etsy Shop) with this haiku on … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Inktober2019, animals, Art, Children, earth, environment, Etsy Shop, family, friends, Halo, Humanity, Inktober2019 Schedule, Jake Parker, Jama Rattigan, Jama's Alphabet Soup, legend, meandering, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, New Card, ornaments, overgrowth, people, poems, Ponder, reflections, sky, spirit, stardust, stars, stories, thoughts, Waiting, Writing | 18 Comments

#Inktober2019 & thoughts for my Dad

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

SILVER ASH Silver ash fills leaves with seasons early bite– October’s cold has come too soon, but offers reflection in return… © 2019 Michelle Kogan Dedicating this post to my Dad, whose Birthday would have been today, and whom … Continue reading →

Posted in Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Inktober2019, Art, cold, environment, fall, family, Father's, friends, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, October, poems, poetry, Ponder, Reflection, reflections, spirit, stories, thoughts, Truth | 2 Comments

#Poetry Friday–Inktober day 10 Patterns

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with another haiku to accompany my inktober drawing, WIP. Thinking about our encroaching cold weather and all that fluffy snow that fills the ground… The prompt word is pattern. nature’s patterns inspire reflections mirroring beauty … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Writing | Tagged #Inktober2019, animals, Art, beauty, Catherine Wallian Flynn, earth, environment, family, Haiku, Humanity, Jake Parker, Michelle Kogan, nature, patterns, poems, poetry, Ponder, Reading to the Core, reflections, reindeer, thoughts, travel, Truth, Writing | 19 Comments

#Inktober2019 & three stanza haiku

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Prompt: build. My ink wash drawing is my vision of the fabric/curtains that may have draped the first tabernacle so very long ago. TABERNACLES OF LOVE build tabernacles of love, deep in your heart… growth will sprout where soil was … Continue reading →

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#Inktober2019 Day 8 and haiku

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

redline full to gills, treading frail forgiveness… © 2019 Michelle Kogan #Inktober2019 day 8 prompt: frail Thinking about repentance and forgiveness on this Erev Yom Kippur… Here’s the inktober prompt schedule from the originator Jake Parker:

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing | Tagged #Inktober2019, Art, books, Chicago's redline, earth, environment, fish, frail forgiveness, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Truth, Writing | Leave a comment

#Inktober2019 day 6 and Haiku

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Inktober2019, Art, earth, environment, fall milkweed, family, friends, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sun, thoughts, wings, withered | Leave a comment

#Inktober2019 Day 5 and Haiku

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

pumpkin palooza– build patience, climb it up towards sky… © Michelle Kogan #Inktober2019 day 5 prompt: build Here’s the inktober prompt schedule from the originator Jake Parker:

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Poetry Friday–Inktober & Halloween Cards

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with a dual focus today… First I’m participating in #Inktober2019, and along with the ink drawing I’m writing short poems–mostly haikus. I’m also attempting this year to follow Jake Parker’s prompts, (the originator of Inktober … Continue reading →