Posted on August 12, 2013
by Christine
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Clouds are rolling in from the northwest. Diffused sunlight still sparkles and dances on top of Bullfrog Lake, despite all of the clouds. It is a pleasant and cool breeze which brushes up against my skin and refreshes me. The same breeze that plays music in between…
Category: art, Artwork, God, Landscape, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, watercolor sketching, wildlifeTags: art, Artwork, bullfrog lake, Christine Kane Art, cicada killer wasp, ckane, forest preserve district of cook county, God, IL, nature, sketchbook, sphecius speciosus, watercolor, willow springs
Posted on January 9, 2012
by Christine
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Come hike with me on the blue trail at Bullfrog Lake! Click to listen (hiking on gravel trail with dried leaves) There, now you’re hiking with me! It is very calm. There is no wind and the trees are mute. Can you see the…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, nature sounds, sketchbook, watercolor sketchingTags: bullfrog lake, Christine Kane Art, ckane, Cook County Forest Preserves, creek, hiking, IL, stone bridge, watercolor bridge, watercolor sketch, willow springs, winter
Posted on December 30, 2010
by Christine
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12-26-10 33°F cloudy, breeze orange and red trail Hiking today seems like a workout, for I am wearing regular hiking boots and not snow shoes. There are several inches of snow on the ground. I love to hear the “crunch, crunch, crunch” sound with…
Category: art, Artwork, Birds, Chicago, hawk, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, robin, sketchbook, wildlifeTags: bullfrog lake, Christine Kane Art, ckane, Cook County Forest Preserves, hawk, hiking, landscape sketch, pulaski woods, queen annes lace, robin, sketching and hiking, sketching nature, tomahawk slough, winter, winter hike, winter landscape, winter sketch
Posted on November 7, 2010
by Christine
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11-07-2010 (Sunday) 60°F sunny, windy Bullfrog Lake The sun is warm when the wind stops. For one second, I get a really sweet smell…but I don’t know what it is or where it is coming from. Then it vanishes. The wind is so strong…
Category: art, Artwork, Birds, Chicago, chickadee, God, hiking, Landscape, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, sketchbook in the fieldTags: art, bullfrog lake, bullfrog lake watercolor, Christine Kane Art, ckane, Cook County Forest Preserves, dead tree, dead tree sketch, fight for life, God, Jesus, value, watercolor and micron pen, watercolor sketch, zone 6
Posted on September 20, 2010
by Christine
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Do you remember my hike at Bullfrog Lake after an intense but brief storm? Well, one tree in particular caught my eye. It is a tree which possesses such character, that it stops you dead in your tracts. It catches you staring at it for several…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, hiking, Landscape, nature, step by step painting, storm, weatherTags: after the storm painting, autumn storm pastel, autumn tree, autumum storm, bullfrog lake, chistine kane art, ckane, Cook County Forest Preserves, dark sky and tree, how to paint a tree, how to paint a tree in pastel, how to paint an autumn tree, how to paint pastels, step by step demonstration, step by step painting, step by step pastel, storm painting, storm pastel
Posted on September 18, 2010
by Christine
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09-18-2010 66°F thunder storm, cool breeze Bullfrog Lake Goldenrods nod in the meadow after a quick but intense thunderstorm rolls through, leaving every blade of grass and every turning leaf heavy, with large drops of rain. The storm has scared off people as Bullfrog Lake is barren, quiet, and…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, hiking, Landscape, nature, Nature Sketching, storm, weatherTags: bullfrog lake, bullfrog lake watercolor, Christine Kane Art, ckane, Cook County Forest Preserves, goldenrod, nature painting, thunderstorm, watercolor, watercolor painting
Posted on January 30, 2010
by Christine
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About three years ago I went hiking at Bull Frog Lake, right before evening in January. I came upon a scene that made me pause for a moment and fall in love. Winter’s intense setting sun was casting long shadows from the trees in the woods….
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, hiking, Landscape, nature, step by step paintingTags: ampersand, bullfrog lake, Christine Kane Art, ckane, Cook County Forest Preserves, how to paint a winter landscape, how to paint shadow, how to paint snow, how to paint snow tracks, how to paint winter, painting demonstration, shadow trees, step by step demonstration, step by step pastel, step by step watercolor, tracks in the snow
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