Michelle Carlos
Folktale Week 2021
This year's Folktale Week is another success. Have a look at the pieces I created for one of Instagram's most beloved art challenges.
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Michelle Carlos
- Feb 3, 2021
- 6 min
Writing a Picture Book Story
Writing in general is both an art form and a skill. Writing for children is a different ball game.
Michelle Carlos
- Dec 5, 2020
- 4 min
Folktale Week 2020
It will be dark, nearly monochromatic and elegant.
Michelle Carlos
- Jan 8, 2020
- 2 min
Snorkel Away
Here's a short narrative about my beach holidays back home and how I discovered the power of a sketchbook and a snorkeling gear. For the...
Michelle Carlos
- Mar 16, 2019
- 1 min
Love Sick
An ode to fleeting love affairs Love Sick Distance gets in the way Across the ocean Time is an hour late Age a decade apart Yet A...
Michelle Carlos
- Jan 19, 2019
- 3 min
Filipino Folk Art
As an artist, do you know who you are and what influences your art in a cultural perspective? I am a Filipino. Should I be making more...
Michelle Carlos
- Dec 2, 2018
- 1 min
Wanderlust
2010. A poem conceived during my extreme wanderlust that triggered a chain of significant and wondrous events in my life. Ride, ride,...
Michelle Carlos
- Nov 18, 2018
- 5 min
When Butterflies Sing
This is the story of the most beautiful woman in the world who was doomed to suffer the consequence of such a gift. A Curse Máire...
Michelle Carlos
- Nov 2, 2018
- 1 min
The Wolf and the Wind
A poem dedicated to the howling wolf and wind. It howls in the dark of night It blows against the towers' might It comes with vengeance...
Michelle Carlos
- Oct 18, 2018
- 1 min
Rusty
A poem and painting about being brain dead, idle and frustrated due to a lack of motivation and inspiration to create something. I'm...
Michelle Carlos
- Oct 12, 2018
- 1 min
The Sum of All
Fresh from a trip in Japan and itching to paint, this image came to be together with the poem It's my first thought this morning A...
Michelle Carlos
- Oct 7, 2018
- 1 min
Two Sassy Ladies
A poem about a pair of fashionable girls I saw on train in Berlin on New Year's Eve Two sassy ladies off to a party wearing fur coats,...
Michelle Carlos
- Oct 5, 2018
- 1 min
The Roads Are Turning
A poem about change, courage, hope and positivity. The days go so fast and I have just begun I must go for a thousand more and there...
Michelle Carlos
- Aug 24, 2018
- 1 min
Black Flower
Based on true events I color my sheep rainbow Then I color my monkey yellow Its head in red and purple My teacher shook in sorrow Then I...
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