Tag: Chicago
Posted on December 17, 2017
by Christine
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Let’s go hiking and painting at Churchill Woods. Come on… I’ll bring Oscar Mayer the dog and you bring yourself! It will be fun. When Oscar Mayer stops to do his business, I stop to notice nature up close. Here we have lichen growing…
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Posted on July 10, 2013
by Christine
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Jan, Catherine, Christine, Donna, Debby, Alanna (front) My MeetUp group: Chicagoland Sketchbook Hikers, meets all over the place. That’s the goal, especially since the Chicago area (you might not realize) has a ton of preserved land which is a refuge, an oasis, shall we…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, hiking, Landscape, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, sketching class, watercolor sketchingTags: art, artists, Artwork, Chicago, chicagoland sketchbook hikers, Christine Kane Art, ckane, en plein air, hammel woods, IL, journal, meetup, nature artists, shorewood, sketch class, sketchbook, watercolor
Posted on May 22, 2012
by Christine
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Last Saturday I had the chance to visit my old stomping grounds and have a picnic with a friend at Kennedy Park in Chicago. I always had admired this field house. It is all stone and quality built. They don’t make them like this…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, watercolor sketchingTags: art, Artwork, Chicago, kennedy park, nature, picnic, sketchbook, watercolor
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 January 29, 2012
by Christine
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The cold realities of winter did not hinder our love for art and nature. All eager participants showed up bright and early on this frosty January morning, ready to get to work play. We did however, agree to sketch from inside the nature center…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, sketching class, watercolor sketchingTags: Chicago, Christine Kane Art, ckane, forest preserve district of cook county, free art lesson, hiking, IL, little red schoolhouse, long john slough, nature, sketch class, watercolor, watercolor sketch, willow springs, winter, winter hiking
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 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…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, frogs, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, sketchbook in the field, sketching class, watercolor sketchingTags: Chicago, ckane christine kane art, forest preserve district of cook county, free art class, free watercolor class, free watercolor lesson, little red schoolhouse, nature painting, Nature Sketching, plein air painting, sketchbook, watercolor, watercolor journal, watercolor sketchbook
Posted on May 10, 2011
by Christine
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Do you want to go on a hike with me at McClaughrey Springs Woods? We’ll find some woodland wildflowers and after that, I’ll show you a real easy step-by-step watercolor sketch. I know you can do this one! I’ll give you techniques to take…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, Videos, watercolor sketching, wildlifeTags: art, Chicago, Christine Kane Art, ckane, forest preserve district of cook county, free art class, free art lesson, free art lesson video, hiking, how to watercolor sketch, mcclaughrey springs woods, mill creek, nature painting, nature sketch, sketchbook, step by step demonstration, step by step watercolor, step by step watercolor video, woodland wildflowers
Posted on May 8, 2011
by Christine
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Spring at Centennial Park Spring…new beginnings…tender…fresh…new life. Those are just a few words that come to mind when I think of spring. A few days ago I had the chance to experience those feelings at Centennial Park in Orland Park, IL. A…
Category: art, Artwork, Birds, cardinal, Chicago, hiking, Landscape, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, watercolor sketching, wildlifeTags: art, Artwork, Birds, centennial park orland, Chicago, Christine Kane Art, ckane, hiking, killdeer, nature, nature painting, nature sketch, palm warbler, sketchbook, sketching nature, spring, watercolor sketch
Posted on May 1, 2011
by Christine
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Little Red Schoolhouse Sketch Class April 2011 Amanda, Scott, Michelle, Amy, Lori, Alanna (kneeling), myself, and Sue Wow! What a class!!! Finally blessed with a perfect warm day to do some watercolor sketching, the group headed out on the White Oak Trail in search for…
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