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Tag Archives: NaPoWriMo 2016
#NaPoWriMo Day 28 #Poem and quick #watercolor painting
Time Traveler © 2016 Michelle Kogan A movement sets off a thought another time, a flash back, an earlier body, the same body, transformed through sand, wind, water, a vessel visualized, moving through time, aren’t we all time travelers… … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Painting, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Art, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo 2016, nature, Painting, poem, poetry, Time Traveler, Watercolor
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#NaPoWriMo Day 27 #Epistle #Poem
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, pen sketch, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Art, Children's Illustration, drawing, Epistle Poem, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo 2016, nature, pen, poem, poetry, spring, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo Day 26, Illustrated list poem and quick #sketches
Illustrious List © 2016 Michelle Kogan Meandering though my memory for favorite illustrator/authors… Newly found Kevin McCloskey, Tried and true, old and new Quentin Blake and Roald Dahl, Amiable Amy Bates, Magnificent Maurice Sendak, Jolly John Burningham, Lovely Lisbeth Zwerger, … Continue reading
#Acrostic Poem and quick #sketch for day 25 of #NaPoWriMo
Green jungles spreading out in Exquisite, full yellow blooms, Rain pitter pattering on Amazing fernlike leaves, come Noble perennial, stay Incredible flower, that’s Ushering in our springtime’s Many fine prolific blooms © 2016 Michelle Kogan Inspired by my garden geranium and pushed … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Acrostic Poem, Art, chicago, Children's Illustration, drawing, Geraniums, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo 2016, nature, pen, poem, quick sketch, sketch, spring, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo Day 24 #Poem and WIP
Multicolored Orchids © 2016 Michelle Kogan Look upon an orchid what color lies there… petals of deepest crimson, lemon yellow striped with tangerine, purest white, speckled with pomegranate. Look upon a person what color lies there… heartbeat of deepest crimson, … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Painting, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Art, colors, drawing, Equality, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo 2016, nature, Orchids, Painting, Watercolor, Writing
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Day 22 #NaPoWriMo Limerick and very quick watercolor sketch for Earth Day!
Earnest earthworm wiggled out on Earth Day, All his relations whispered hip hooray! Rain barely hampered any Though thunder scared many, He sang to all “We are special today!” Digging up and sideways they climbed to top, All were relentless … Continue reading
Day 21 #NaPoWriMo #haiku and quick pen and watercolor #sketch
backyard blossoms caught girlie goldfinch’s fancy and my amazement… © 2016 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged Art, Blossoms, Children's Illustration, drawing, Girl Goldfinch, Goldfinch, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo 2016, nature, Painting, poem, poetry, quick sketch, sketch, spring, Watercolor
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Day 20 #NaPoWriMo Poem and WIP
Royal Pink Perfection Resting on a bed of leaves, royal pink perfection. Lovely princess without cares, Coddled in tropic warmth, Chase away dreary spring day Conjure new endeavors. © 2016 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged chicago, Flowers, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo 2016, nature, Painting, Pink perfection, spring, tropical
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#NaPoWriMo Day 18 Tanka & Van Gogh Exhibit at Art Institute of Chicago
My mother and I climbed into a painting vibrant and subdued, swathed in soft, swirling lights and bits of starry nights… © 2016 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Exhibits, Painting, Poem, Writing
Tagged Art, Art Institute of Chicago, chicago, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo 2016, Painting, poem, Starry Nights, Swirling lights, Tanka, Van Gogh
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#NaPoWriMo Day 17 haiku and quick watercolor #sketch
tulip tango thrice, petals patiently unwrap spring’s waiting presence… © 2016 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Art, Children's Illustration, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo 2016, nature, Painting, patience, pen, poetry, Presence, spring, Tulips, Writing
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