Michelle’s Card Shop
Click the Karner Blue Butterfly to visit my Etsy Shop.
Read my poem, "Temptations."
Read my poem, "Mom's Beauty."
Read my poem, "Toady." I also created the cover art.
Read my poem: "Ode to Spring Soil."
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Tag Archives: teaching
Poetry Friday–Democracy & Beginnings…
beginnings can be difficult–but we can chooseto begin again…© 2021 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! My thoughts and poems are on the events of our US Certification Day, and the aftermath that unfolded… I’m still processing, but I’m also in … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Writing
Tagged #Poetry Friday, artist, begin again, beginnings, Democracy, Golden Shovel Poem, haiku, Hope, Michael Beschloss, Michelle Kogan, PBS Newshour, poetry, Sylvia Vardell, teaching, US Certification Day 2021, WIP, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Art: Process, Practice, Presentation, Student’s of Michelle Kogan
Happy Poetry Friday! Today I’m Happy to share with you images from my Student’s Exhibit: ART: PROCESS, PRACTICE, PRESENTATION. We had a wonderful opening last Sunday with delectable edibles and conversations! The artwork is from four classes that I teach … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Haiku, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #AfterDarkBlogTour, #PoetryFriday, Art, Avis Harley, Cheriee Weichel, Children's Picture Book Illustration, Dr. Martin Watercolor, Evanston Art Center, Figure Drawing, Figure Drawing and Painting, Library Matters, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Student's Art Exhibit, teaching, Teaching Art, Thank-yous, Watercolor
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Vote Blue November 6, 2018 US Midterm Elections
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #BlueWave, #VoteBlue, 2018 Midterm elections, Action, animals, Art, Children, Conscience, Democracy, earth, environment, family, friends, heart, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, people, poems, poetry, reflections, teaching, thoughts, Vote, Waiting, Women, Writing
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Michelle Kogan’s Art is Featured this Week on Harold Underdown’s FB cover photo
This week I am happy to have my art featured as the cover photo on Harold Underdown’s FB page. Harold is a children’s book editor and the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Publishing Children’s Books. It’s a great … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Picture Book, Plein Air Art, Quick Sketches
Tagged Art, Art Instruction, Art Instructor, Children's Illustration, Children's Illustration & Writing, Harold Underdown, Harold Underdown's FB cover photo, illustration, info on michelle's painting process, Lurie Garden Millennium Park, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, painting process, Plein air Classes, Plein Air Painting, teaching, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books, Watercolor, Watercolor Classes, Watercolor Painting, watercolor pencils
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