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Tag Archives: Watercolor
Poetry Friday –Summer Haikus
Happy Poetry Friday, I’m sharing a bit of summer, with some summer haikus. My painting above is a WIP, waiting to be finished. lilies waiting patiently, while brush captures inspiration. © 2017 Michelle Kogan A bonus haiku while thinking … Continue reading
Poetry Friday Macaroni & Chewy Cheese
I’m featuring silly limericks today for Poetry Friday. I heard through the grapevine that July 14th is National Macaroni and Cheese Day. Tabatha Yeatts, at The Opposite of Indifference, our Poetry Friday host extraordinaire put out a call for Mac … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Poem, Writing
Tagged Children's Illustration, children's writing, Humor, illustration, Kidlit, Limerick, MACARONI AND CHEWY CHEESE, Michelle Kogan, National Macaroni and Cheese Day, Pasta Pasta Everywhere, Pen and Ink, picnics, Poetry Friday, Poetry Soup, Silly, summer, Watercolor, William Robinson
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Poetry Friday and Fairies
JUNE FAIRIES June Fairies full of Sprite, never ever full of fright. Summer solstice very near, spinning magic that’s sincere. Heavy skies fade away, when the fairies come and play. Catch their view if you can, fireflies flicker out their … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged Art, Fairies, Irises, June Fairies, Mchelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Monarchs, nature, Painting, poems, poetry, Poetry Foundation, Poetry Friday, Rose Fyleman, spirit, Watercolor, wings, Women, Writing
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Michelle’s Summer Art Classes Begin Next Week
My Summer Art Classes at the Evanston Art Center begin next Monday, June 12th. I’m offering classes in Figure and Nature, Watercolor, Children’s Picture Book Illustration, and workshops in Plein Air Painting, and Creating a Zine. The classes are in … 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, Sketchbooks
Tagged Art, Art Classes, Children's Picture Book Illustration, Create a Zine, drawing, Evanston Art Center, Figure Drawing and Painting, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Plein Air, summer, Summer Art Classes Evanston Art Center, Watercolor, Watercolor Materials and Techniques
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Poetry Friday-Mother’s Day-Mothers & Daughters
For Poetry Friday I’m sharing Poems about Mothers and Daughters for Mother’s Day. MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS Mothers and daughters what ties them together? Building bonds as sensitive as a feather. Laughing and crying–sharing joy and sorrow, years passing too quickly … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Nature, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged animals, Art, Eavan Boland, family, Flowers, friends, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, mother's day, nature, Painting, poems, poetry, Poetry Friday, reflections, Watercolor, Women
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#NaPoWriMo Day 18 haiku & watercolor
towering tulip took me three times to capture her springtime splendor. . . © 2017 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Art, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, pen, poetry, spring, Tulips, video, Watercolor
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#NaPoWriMo Day 8 & Sketch
Spring City Critters I’ve been waiting for my bunny, and she showed up when I wasn’t expecting her. I c r e e e p t up– But, oh the leaves criiinkled beneath my feet, and she shot off– One … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged animals, Bunnies, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, pen, Plein Air, poems, poetry, sketch, sparrows, spring, Spring City Critters, squirrels, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday & #NaPoWriMo Nature
Speak for Nature Who will speak for nature? In spring when all is renewed, reborn, buds unfolding, magically coming to life, soil oozing over your shoes, filled with nutrients–All kinds of crawlers and creepers enriching our plants, robins calling back … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, #WorldWatercolorGroup, Art, drawing, gardens, Growth, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, nature, Painting, Pens, Plein Air, spring, Watercolor
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