Category: Sunsets/Sunrise
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…
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Posted on October 28, 2016
by Christine
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It is time once again. I felt it stir within, an urgency to go back. A time to retreat. As I grow, I am more in tune with my body and emotions. With the weight of work and family obligations I needed a time…
Category: art, Artwork, Birds, chickadee, God, hiking, nature, red-bellied woodpecker, sketch book, sketchbook, Sunsets/Sunrise, watercolor painting, watercolor sketching, wildlifeTags: art, Artwork, chickadee, Christ in the Wilderness, CITW, hiking, IL, nature, painting, red bellied wookpecker, retreat, sketch, sketchbook, solitude, Stockton, watercolor
Posted on October 31, 2014
by Christine
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My consecration. How do I pause morning and partake this very moment without your desertion? Rescue my heart and stay a bit longer… Oh, but you can’t. I will trap you with color and mix you with water and embed you in paper. My…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, Landscape, nature, sketchbook, Sunsets/Sunrise, watercolor painting, watercolor sketchingTags: art, Artwork, barn, farm, journal, nature, painting, poem, sketch, sketchbook, sunrise, watercolor
Posted on March 3, 2014
by Christine
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The light changes and you catch yourself holding your breath. A fiery glow in the horizon…enthralling. Its ending presentation a hot display quietly turns into a mauve hush. Oh quickly went the dusk that took my tender devotion; Can we meet again tomorrow? Over…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, Landscape, nature, poetry, Sunsets/Sunrise, watercolor paintingTags: art, Artwork, Christine Kane Art, ckane, poem, poetry, sunset, tree, winter
Posted on November 27, 2011
by Christine
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What is it about November that I like so much? Could it be the calm before the storm (peace before holiday chaos)? Could it be the de-clutter of leaves on the trees, providing a sort of de-clutter in my mind? Is it the warmth…
Category: art, Artwork, Landscape, nature, pastel painting, step by step painting, Sunsets/SunriseTags: autumn painting, autumn pastel, Christine Kane Art, ckane, free art lesson, free painting instructions, free pastel demonstration, free step by step painting demonstration, how to, how to paint, how to paint a sunset, how to paint with pastels, november paintings, pastel painting, pastels, sunset painting
Posted on March 12, 2011
by Christine
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A reprieve from winter, a welcomed mild day…how lovely! Yesterday I made a quick stop at Arrowhead Lake. The sun, enveloped in a slight haze and in the company of dark blue clouds, sets behind the trees, giving me a peek-a-boo yellow surprise in between…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, frogs, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, Sunsets/Sunrise, watercolor sketchingTags: arrowhead lake, art, camelbak, chorus frog, Christine Kane Art, ckane, Cook County Forest Preserves, frogs in march, hiking, hiking and sketching, moss, painting nature, sketchbook, sketching nature, sunset, watercolor sunset
Posted on December 18, 2010
by Christine
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Winter Sunset Sketch 4:20pm 17°F icy cold wind Centennial Park As daylight quickly slips away, a golden glow desperately hangs near the horizon. Purples and blues creep in behind me, shadows start to disappear, and the night takes over. The retention pond is nearly iced-covered…
Category: art, Artwork, Landscape, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, Sunsets/SunriseTags: centennial park, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, watercolor, watercolor and micron pen, winter, winter sunset, winter trees
Posted on November 16, 2010
by Christine
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I’m really not a morning person on my day off, so when I stepped out the door to walk my doggie for a morning piddle, my eyes opened up real wide when I saw this beautiful sky. Suddenly, I was AWAKE and excited to…
Category: art, Artwork, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, Sunsets/Sunrise, weatherTags: sketchbook, sky sketch, sky watercolor, sloud sketch, storm clouds, sunrise, watercolor
Posted on September 24, 2010
by Christine
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This little guy only measures 3.5×2.5 (ATC size). Tiny is fun. Why? Tiny is fun because you’re not obligated for hours trying to create a large piece of art. Tiny is fast. This only took 30 minutes to complete. Tiny is good for practicing….
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, Landscape, nature, Sunsets/SunriseTags: atc art, Christine Kane Art, ckane, mini art, sunset lake watercolor, sunset watercolor, watercolor of lake, watercolor of winter tree
Posted on September 5, 2010
by Christine
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You are going to like this step-by-step pastel demonstration of how to paint trees at dusk! This may be a little advanced, but don’t worry, with a little practice you’ll be able to handle this, no problem. Here is my set up and reference…
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