Category: sketchbook in the field
Posted on May 11, 2018
by Christine
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To enjoy the song of spring, it cannot be played on an iPhone or any other artificial electronic device. That would be an insult to your ears. To see a male rose-breasted grosbeak look you in the eye and hear him bicker at you…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, God, hiking, nature, Paint His Love, sketch book, sketchbook, sketchbook in the field, watercolor painting, watercolor sketching, wildlifeTags: art, Artwork, journal, may apples, nature, painting, redbud, rose breasted grosbeak, sketch, sketch book, sketchbook, spring, watercolor
Posted on July 2, 2012
by Christine
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Thunderstorms raced throughout the night before, leaving this morning’s sketch class pretty warm and steamy. It didn’t bother us a bit. Matter of fact, under the cool shadow of the forest, the most delightful aroma of sweet, wet, earth played with our senses. We all…
Category: art, Artwork, Birds, Chicago, frogs, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, red-wing black bird, sketchbook, sketchbook in the field, sketching class, watercolor sketching, wildlifeTags: art, Artwork, Christine Kane Art, ckane, forest preserve district of cook county, hiking, IL, little red schoolhouse, nature, sketching, willow springs
Posted on April 3, 2012
by Christine
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A little cold and a little gray….but that didn’t stop our fun at the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center Sketch Class! I saw a notification on the Illinois Bird List website that a pair of Osprey were building a nest on the platform in…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, sketchbook in the field, sketching class, watercolor sketchingTags: art, art class, Artwork, Chicago, Christine Kane Art, ckane, IL, little red schoolhouse, long john slough, painting, sketch class, sketchbook, sketching and hiking, sketching nature, spring, watercolor nature, watercolor sketching, willow springs
Posted on March 12, 2012
by Christine
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Waterfall Glen is a small gem tucked away in the DuPage County Forest Preserves. It is near a 9 mile trail (that I did not walk) which surrounds Argonne Lab. Chicago is experiencing a very hot winter. Yes, hot. Believe it or not this week…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, poetry, sketchbook, sketchbook in the field, watercolor sketching, weatherTags: argonne lab hiking, Christine Kane Art, ckane, dupage county forest preserve, hiking, nature poetry, pine plot, pine poem, pine trees, poem about pine trees, poetry, sketchbook, watercolor sketch, watercolor waterfall, waterfall glen
Posted on October 29, 2011
by Christine
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A perfect midwest autumn scene: blazing reds, golden yellows and subdued browns. That’s what greeted us this crisp (downright cold) autumn morning as we met to converse with nature. Our mission was to take a short hike and find at least three different leaves which…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, hiking, Landscape, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, sketchbook in the field, sketching class, watercolor sketchingTags: art, Artwork, autumn, Christine Kane Art, ckane, forest preserve of cook county, free art class, free sketch class, hiking and sketching, how to watercolor sketch, IL, journal, little red schoolhouse nature center, sketchbook, watercolor sketching, willow springs
Posted on October 23, 2011
by Christine
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I am happy to present: A Year in Review…the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center Sketch Classes. I am so very proud of every single person who showed up to paint. Some were afraid, not having painted ever in their lives. Some were confident being seasoned…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, sketchbook in the field, sketching class, watercolor sketchingTags: art, Artwork, chicago art, Christine Kane Art, ckane, forest preserve district of cook county, free art class, free sketch class chicago, hiking, hiking and sketching, IL, journal, little red schoolhouse, little red schoolhouse nature center, nature, sketchbook, watercolor painting, watercolor sketch, watercolor sketch class, willow springs
Posted on September 26, 2011
by Christine
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Beating the rain, the sketch class went forward to celebrate the autumn trees and the nature center which brought us together. Sitting under a tree as the chickadees watch, they are the audience and we are the performers. Versatile, we adapt to any situation and make ourselves comfortable. Penwork was…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, sketchbook in the field, sketching class, watercolor sketchingTags: art, Christine Kane Art, ckane, free sketch class, hiking and sketching, IL, little red schoolhouse artwork, little red schoolhouse nature center, nature sketches, painting, sketchbook, watercolor sketch class, watercolors, willow springs
Posted on August 28, 2011
by Christine
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The group, 10 including myself, was the biggest we’ve ever had and on a morning like this one, it couldn’t have gotten any better; The sky: pure blue, the temps: perfectly mild, and the artistic fellowship while connecting with nature: magnificent! We decided to hang…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, sketchbook in the field, sketching class, watercolor painting, watercolor sketchingTags: Chicago, Christine Kane Art, ckane, forest preserve district of cook county, free art class, free sketch class, hiking and sketching, IL, little red schoolhouse nature center, painting nature, plein air painting, willow springs
Posted on July 30, 2011
by Christine
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July’s sketch class was a success. We had such a wonderful artistic fellowship while discovering nature. After a short walk from the nature center, we settled in by the slough to take in the amazing view. The dead trees across the slough caught my…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, Dragonfly, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, sketchbook in the field, sketching class, watercolor sketching, wildlifeTags: Dragonfly, forest preserve district of cook county, free art class, free watercolor lesson, hiking and sketching, how to paint nature, illinois, little red schoolhouse nature center, mushroom, nature paintings, nature sketches, ruby meadowhawk, sketchbook, swamp rose mallow, two-colored bolete
Posted on May 29, 2011
by Christine
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Saturday we woke up to a very threatening sky. Dark and ominous. Ready to unleash buckets of rain? We didn’t know…but we took our chances anyway. And OH BOY I’m glad we did, because the rain held off right up until the end! Whooo Hoooo! Sketch…
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