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Tag Archives: Watercolor
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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Poetry Friday–Winter Solstice 2019
Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Winter Solstice! I‘ve been thinking about the winter solstice and our changing seasons… Here are a couple poems I wrote while pondering on our solstice a haiku for #natember #haikuforhope #haikuforjustice #haikuforkindness, and a … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Holidays, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #haikuforhope, #haikuforjustice, #haikuforkindness, #natember, #PoetryFriday, Art, Buffy Silverman, environment, Haiku, Lady Marmalade, Michelle Kogan, mother nature, nature, Nonet poem, Painting, Patti LaBelle, pen, Watercolor, winter, Winter Solstice 2019
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#Inktober2019 Day 5 and Haiku
pumpkin palooza– build patience, climb it up towards sky… © Michelle Kogan #Inktober2019 day 5 prompt: build Here’s the inktober prompt schedule from the originator Jake Parker:
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Halloween, Holidays, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Inktober2019, Action, Art, earth, family, friends, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, patience, Pen and Ink, poems, poetry, Ponder, pumpkin, reflections, Watercolor, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Soaking in Summer’s End…
Happy Poetry Friday! My daughter and I took a rendezvous to the Indiana Dunes National Park last Saturday. We lounged by the lake’s edge and then took a hike up the tallest Dune in the area Mount Tom, named … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Trips, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, earth, environment, family, Flowers, Humanity, Indiana Dunes National Park, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, photography, photos, poems, poetry, Ponder, reflections, sun, thoughts, Tolleston Beach, towering waves, travel, Watercolor, Writing
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#Poetry Friday–Poetry and Art Workshop
Top left ekphrastic cherita © 2019 Jody Wilson, top right haiga © 2019 Celeste, bottom ekphrastic cherita © 2019 Brenda Happy Poetry Friday! Jone Rush MacCulloch is hosting this … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #Cherita, #PoetryFriday, Art, books, ekphrastic, friends, haiga, Haiku, Humanity, Jone Rush Macculloch, Libraries, Michelle Kogan, Morton Grove Public Library, nature, poems, poetry, Poetry and Art Workshop, Ponder, reflections, Students, summer, Watercolor
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