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"Tentatively Certain"
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Poetry Friday—Father’s Day
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m celebrating Father’s Day with a new poem and older haiku. Father’s and families woven together over generationsfilled with traditions old and new, adapt to time while holding fast to families integrity. Father’s and families grow together … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Home, pen sketch, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, Buffy Silverman, Father's and Families, Father's Day, haiga, Haiku, June 2021, Michelle Kogan, poems, poetry, Remembering Father, Sketching, Writing
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#Inktober day 9, WIP: quick sketch & haiku
beginnings sometimes short produce fertile fruit … © 2017 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, pen sketch, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Inktober2017, Art, beginnings, daily sketch, drawing, fertile fruit, figure, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, pen, poems, poetry, quick sketch, sketchbook, Sketching, Women, Writing
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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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Tanka and sketch for Day 3 of #NaPoWriMo
critters that crawl coming out in the spring, uncurling, while exploring crevices in earth’s soft, squishy, soil © Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged earth, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, nature, pill bugs, poem, sketch, Sketching, soil, spring, Tanka, writing
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Haiku and sketch from a warm afternoon walk in March
startled cardinals flash of red flying away seeking camouflage © Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book Sketches, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Cardinals, chicago, haiku, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, poem, Sketching, spring, writing
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A quick outdoor sketch & haiku for my 1 day workshop at the Evanston Art Center
stoic suzies stand reflectively in winter’s snow waiting for spring © Michelle Kogan A quick outdoor sketch and haiku for calling students to my 1 day workshop Pens, Watercolors, and Dr. Martin Dyes Evanston Art Center Saturday, January 31, 2015 … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Art, Art Classes, black eyed suzies, Dr. Marin Dyes, Evanston Art Center, haiku, Michelle Kogan, Painting, quick sketch, Sketching, Watercolor, winter
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#Inktober Fall Sundrop Leaves Changing Color
Quick sketch of my Sundrops as their leaves change color, with a Micron pen and Dr. Martin Dyes.
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Sketchbooks
Tagged #inktober, Art, changing color, fall, leaves, Michelle Kogan, Pen and Ink, sketch, Sketching, sundrops
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#Inktober Transforming Gourds…
Welcoming in Autumn…
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Halloween, Nature
Tagged #inktober, Art, Gourds, Michelle Kogan, micron pen, Sketching
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#inktober 10-7-2014 and Dr. Martins
For this Fall Birch tree, I used my micron pen and a bit of Dr. Martins Dyes. Playing with color…
WIP to Welcome in my Fall Art Classes at the Evanston Art Center
Gather up your ideas and art materials for a Fall Art Class starting the week of September 8th 2014 All Classes meet at the Evanston Art Center. For registration & class descriptions visit: http://www.evanstonartcenter.org or call 847-475-5300 Children’s Picture Book Illustration 0153 … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Plein Air Art, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged Children's Illustration, Children's Picture Book Illustration, Evanston Art Center, Fall 2014 Art Classes, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Painting Classes, painting in the City, Painting with Watercolors: Tubes & Pencils, Sketching, Watercolor, Watercolor Classes
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Michelle Kogan Illustration, Painting, & Writing 