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"Tentatively Certain"
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Tag Archives: Seagulls
#NaPoWriMo Day 22: Happy #EarthDay!
earth day seagulls, keow they say, every days earth day! © Michelle Kogan For National Poetry Month, I’m writing poems inspired by art that I create or have created. Visit these spots on line to participate in National Poetry Month: … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #Earth Day 2019, #NaPoWriMo2019, #NPM, Action, animals, Art, birds, Children, earth, environment, family, Haiku, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, Seagulls, spirit, thoughts, wings, Writing
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Poetry Friday Seagull, Beach, & Water …
As the summer seems to be slipping away, I’m sharing poems of seagulls, beaches, and water for Poetry Friday. I finally spent a few hours at the lake this week intending on sketching, but visited with my friend more. A … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #WorldWatercolorGroup, Art, beaches, chicago, drawing, lake Michigan, Margaret Simon, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Plein Air, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, Reflections on the teche, Seagulls, summer, watercolors, wings
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Vote for Michelle Kogan’s Rogers Park Bike Rack Design
My Bike Rack Design has been chosen as 1 of the 4 finalists. It will now enter into a public community vote for selecting the official 49th Ward Bike Rack for Rogers Park (Chicago). Help the RP Seagull sail … Continue reading
Summer Seagull Watercolor Sketches Michelle Kogan Chicago
Just finished these feathered friends of mine that I began last summer on a lovely, warm afternoon. They are now over in my Etsy Shop as an archival print and are sure to liven up our lingering winter days. Visit … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Quick Sketches
Tagged Art, artist, birds, chicago, feathered friends, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, painter Etsy, Painting, prints, Seagulls, sketches, summer, Summer Seagull Sketches at the Beach, Watercolor, winterbound
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Brighten Up Winter Doldrums with Michelle Kogan’s New Watercolor Sketchbook
Scare away those winter doldrums with this lovely new Watercolor Sketchbook, that I just listed in my etsy shop. It’s hand stitched and comes with Fabriano Artistico Rag paper and an archival cover with some seagulls from my many sketching ventures … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks
Tagged Art, drawing, Fabriano Artistico Rag Paper, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, Painting, quick sketches, Seagulls, sketchbook, Watercolor, Watercolor sketchbook, Winter Doldrums
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Introspective Haiku and Seagull sketches, Thoughts About Peace… Michelle Kogan
Watercolor pencil sketches from the beach, Labor Day Weekend, Chicago. chill september dawnsparkling rays beaming bysea beyond oneself © Michelle Kogan
Tagged Art, haiku, Michelle Kogan, Painting, peace, Seagulls, sketches, watercolors
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Seagull Sketching at Vevice Beach, CA
Today I was watercolor sketching seagulls at Venice Beach, CA. They had quite a variety of seagulls there, very different from the ones I see on Chicago beaches. In addition we had flocks of pelicans flying over head and … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Plein Air Art, Quick Sketches
Tagged Art, CA, drawing, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Seagulls, Venice beach, watercolor sketching
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Michelle Kogan Illustration, Painting, & Writing 