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Tag Archives: Pen and Ink
Register for Michelle Kogan’s Summer Art Classes
Figure study, © 2019 Michelle Kogan, watercolor pencil. Register for one of my Summer Art Classes at the Evanston Art Center, they begin in one week, on June 10, 2019. I’m offering the following classes & workshops. For Registration … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Haiku, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Art, books, Children's Picture Book Illustration, environment, Evanston Art Center, Figure Drawing and Painting, Michelle Kogan, Pen and Ink, Pen and Ink and Dr. Martin, Plein Air Painting, Plein Air Workshop, poems, poetry, Poetry and Art, reflections, Summer Art Classes, thoughts
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#Inktober day 23 In Memory of Michael Bricis
My inktober sketch and tanka poem today is in memory of a dear, kind, artist we just lost Michael Bricis. PUMPKINS AND DIVERSITY (Letter “P”) In memory of Michael Bricis–a master of the pen, and whom we will all remember fondly. … Continue reading
Posted in Nature photos, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #inktober, Diversity, drawing, individuals, Inktober 2018, Michael Bricis, Michelle Kogan, peace, Pen and Ink, pumpkins, quick sketch
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#Inktober 2018 day 6 & #haiku
democracy wherefore art though… emerge NOW! © 2018 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #inktober, Be Heard, Democracy, Immigrant Rights, inalienable rights, Inktober 2018, Michelle Kogan, Pen and Ink, Protect our Rights, Reproductive Rights, Speak out, Vote, Watercolor, Women's Rights
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#PoetryFriday-#Inktober2018 Day 5
Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Inktober 2018! October first began the event of Inktober, which involves creating and posting an ink drawing each day for the entire month of October. The event has artists and others participating all over the … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Halloween, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #inktober, #inktober2018, Art, brush pens, dip pens, Dr. Martins, Halloween, ink, Jake Parker, Jonathan Swift, Michelle Kogan, moon, Painting, Pen and Ink, reflections, spider webs, spiders, Tabatha Yeatts, watercolors
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#Inktober2018 day 4 & Haiku
chicago city scenes never cease to inspire imagination… © 2018 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #inktober2018, animals, Art, birds, chicago, Chicago City Scenes, city, earth, environment, imagination, inspire, Michelle Kogan, nature, Pen and Ink, poems, poetry, reflections, seaguls, Watercolor, wings
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#Inktober Day 2 & #Haiku
zoning in on zinnias, their zazzle, texture, and color. © 2018 Michelle Kogan Thinking about focusing on letters of the alphabet to lead me through inktober…though, not in any particular order.
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #inktober, Art, fall, Flowers, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, Pen and Ink, poem, poetry, reflections, thoughts, Writing, Zinnias
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#NaPoWriMo Day 25 haiku & watercolor
yellow dillies where’re your bees? bothered by false sun’s chill… © 2018 Michelle Kogan On my blog for National Poetry Writing Month I’ve been focusing on flora, fauna, and our environment. Here’s a list of the poems I’ve posted so … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, Art, bees, Daffodils, earth, environment, Haiku, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Pen and Ink, poem, poems, poetry, reflections, spirit, spring, Waiting, Watercolor, Writing
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