Posted on October 15, 2011
by Christine
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This chukar partridge was spotted by my cousin Jackie, who called me and asked, “Do you have your camera?!? GET OUTSIDE!!!” So I ran. What are you doing here Mr. Chukar? You live on the western part of the US year round and you… Continue Reading “Chukar Partridge Photos and Sketch”
Category: art, Artwork, Birds, Chicago, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, watercolor sketching, wildlifeTags: alectoris chukar, art, art journal, Artwork, bird, Christine Kane Art, chukar, chukar partridge, ckane, journal, sketchbook, watercolor sketch
Posted on October 12, 2011
by Christine
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The wind, being an advocate for winter, wants to strip the autumn trees clean. I the observer, while appreciating the forces of nature, want to retard this process. My power? Watercolors. I cannot bribe one leaf back on a branch, but I can record this day… Continue Reading “Autumn Winds Sketch”
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, Landscape, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, watercolor sketching, weatherTags: art, art journal, Artwork, autumn, autumn trees, Christine Kane Art, ckane, journal, lake katherine, nature sketch, sketch of autumn, sketch of lake, sketchbook, watercolor sketch, watercolors, windy
Posted on July 4, 2011
by Christine
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To go exploring wild and free, with not one care in the world… oh I wish you can experience this and treasure it forever! That’s what I did with flip flops on, walking in the cold stream over algae covered rocks. Slow, slow, balance… Continue Reading “Organ-Pipe Mud Dauber Nest Sketch”
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, watercolor sketchingTags: art journal, Christine Kane Art, ckane, forest preserve district of cook county, hiking, journal, mcclaughrey springs woods, mud dauber, nature, Nature Sketching, organ pipe, sketchbook, Trypoxylon politum, wasp nest, watercolor, watercolor bridge, watercolor stream, watercolor wasp nest