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Posted on December 19, 2020
by Christine
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Have you ever seen a winter sunset so gorgeous that it left you breathless? Just for a second? One particular sunset did just that as I drove home the other day. I held my breath as I admired all of the colors in the… Continue Reading “Let’s Paint a wondrous winter sunset”
Category: art, Artwork, nature, step by step painting, watercolor painting, watercolorsTags: art, Christmas card, how to paint, sketchbook, step by step painting, sunset, watercolors, winter, winter sunset
Posted on July 27, 2020
by Christine
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Let’s learn how to make a simple summer sketch for your nature journal! Yesterday I was able to get out to my favorite secret pond where I noticed tons of cup plants (Silphium perfoliatum) growing along the edge of the water. Cut plant is… Continue Reading “Let’s Paint a Simple Summer Sketch”
Category: art, Artwork, nature, sketchbook, step by step painting, watercolor sketching, watercolorsTags: art, cup plant, free step by step painting demonstration, free step by step watercolor, how to paint, how to sketch, nature, nature journal, watercolors
Posted on December 29, 2019
by Christine
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Do you want to paint a quick watercolor sketch using only a few colors? Okay! Let’s go. Here are my reference photos taken at Hammel Woods in Shorewood, IL on a beautiful winter day. Step 1: Sketch out your road map. What do you… Continue Reading “Let’s Paint Deer Takes Flight Watercolor Sketch”
Category: art, hiking, nature, sketchbook, step by step painting, watercolor sketching, watercolors, wildlifeTags: art, free step by step painting demonstration, hammel woods, hiking, how to paint, nature, sketch, sketchbook, watercolors
Posted on August 4, 2018
by Christine
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(Quick 6 minute speed demo) Queen Anne’s Lace is my favorite weed. When I was a child, I grew up next to an empty lot in the city and in the summer time the field was dressed in lace. Tall laced flowers dancing in… Continue Reading “Let’s Paint a Field of Queens VIDEO”
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, free art demonstration video, hiking, Landscape, nature, sketchbook, step by step painting, watercolor sketchingTags: art, Artwork, demo, how to, nature, queen annes lace, sketchbook, step by step, video, watercolors
Posted on March 10, 2018
by Christine
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This is Let’s Paint Nature’s 500th post! To celebrate, let’s post a free step by step watercolor demonstration!!! And let it be an easy on at that. Here we go…. This scene was taken from Knock Knolls in Naperville, IL. It will be a… Continue Reading “Let’s Paint an Easy Winter Landscape Free Step by Step Watercolor”
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, nature, sketch book, sketchbook, step by step painting, watercolor painting, watercolor sketchingTags: art, Artwork, free step by step painting, how to paint, how to paint a winter landscape, knock knolls, nature, sketch, sketchbook, watercolor, winter
Posted on April 30, 2017
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It’s been a long time since you’ve seen a video, huh?!? Yeah, I’m slacking! Well, no more! Time to get to work. And more to come….I promise. Normally, I like to perform a step by step painting demo right in nature. It is so… Continue Reading “Speed Demo Video Spring Sunset Soft Pastel”
Category: art, Artwork, free art demonstration video, nature, Nature Sketching, pastel painting, step by step painting, Sunsets/Sunrise, VideosTags: art, art video, Artwork, free how to, free step by step painting demonstration, free step by step pastel, how to paint a sunset, how to paint with pastels, nature, pastel painting, sunset
Posted on December 3, 2014
by Christine
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The November landscape has inspired me to create a soft pastel painting. Do you want to paint one with me? OK! Here we go! First, here is the scene that inspired me (minus the rocks)… Now, before we begin, here is a sneak peak… Continue Reading “Let’s Paint Pines by a Lake!”
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, Landscape, nature, pastel painting, step by step paintingTags: art, Artwork, free demonstration, grasses, how to paint, how to paint pastels, lake, meadow lake, morton arboretum, pastel lake, pastel painting, pastel pines, pine trees
Posted on October 21, 2014
by Christine
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Yes, it will be easy. Yes, you CAN do this! So let’s get started and learn a simple way to paint an oak leaf using watercolors. But first, let me show you my palette so that you have the names of the colors. The… Continue Reading “Let’s Paint an Easy Oak Leaf!”
Category: art, Artwork, nature, step by step painting, watercolor paintingTags: art, Artwork, autumn oak, free painting demonstration, free step by step watercolor, how to paint an oak leaf, how to paint and autumn leaf, oak leaf, step by step, step by step watercolor
Posted on November 25, 2013
by Christine
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After many months of technical difficulties with my camera and such, I am FINALLY pleased to present this video series of Waterfall Glen. This was taken last August and will help you with your summertime watercolor sketches, dealing with that ever dreaded subject of… Continue Reading “Step by Step VIDEO Waterfall Glen Watercolor Sketch”
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, free art demonstration video, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, step by step painting, Videos, watercolor sketchingTags: art, Artwork, chicagoland sketchbook hikers, Christine Kane Art, ckane, dupage county forest preserve, how to paint in watercolors, step by step video, summer watercolor, video, watercolor video, waterfall glen
Posted on March 4, 2013
by Christine
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I don’t know what it is about an open field with few trees, but I just can’t get enough of them! Maybe it’s the open expanse of the field and the sky together, making you feel free or perhaps the feeling of looking far into the… Continue Reading “Let’s Paint a Warm Winter Field and Tree Pastel!”
Category: art, Artwork, Landscape, nature, pastel painting, step by step paintingTags: art, Artwork, carbothello pastel pencils, Christine Kane Art, ckane, free art lesson, free step by step painting demonstration, how to paint a field, how to use soft pastels, nature pastel paintings, pastel painting, pastel tips, rembrandt pastels, unison pastels, winter field, winter trees