Tag: Cook County Forest Preserves
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 January 1, 2012
by Christine
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It’s been a while, huh? After having the stomach virus, I managed to find a tiny piece of ice to fall on….right on my tail bone *oooooouch*. That left me sore for over two weeks! Soon Christmas arrived and the holiday parties kept me busy. All of…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, watercolor sketching, weatherTags: art, Artwork, Christine Kane Art, ckane, Cook County Forest Preserves, hiking, journal, mushrooms in winter, shelf mushroom, sketchbook, sketching, sketching mushrooms, sketching nature, snow, watercolor, willow springs woods, woods
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…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, sketchbook in the field, sketching class, watercolor sketchingTags: art, Artwork, bluebells, Chicago, Christine Kane Art, Cook County Forest Preserves, free art class, free art lesson, free sketch class, hiking, hiking and sketching, IL, little red schoolhouse, nature sketch, painting wildflowers, sketchbook, sketching nature, trillium, watercolor sketch, willow springs, woodland wildflowers
Posted on April 20, 2011
by Christine
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I stopped by Maple Lake with good intentions on completing a watercolor sketch. I got as far as a pencil sketch when my white and red fingers couldn’t take it any longer….HEAT, they need heat! I grabbed my stuff and ran to the car…I’ll…
Category: art, Artwork, Birds, Chicago, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, watercolor sketching, weather, wildlifeTags: blustery day, Christine Kane Art, ckane, Cook County Forest Preserves, IL, maple lake, nature sketch, sketch of lake, tree swallows, watercolor, watercolor and micron pen, watercolor lake, watercolor sketch, willow springs
Posted on March 26, 2011
by Christine
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03-26-2011 25°F cloudy, cold, windy We take a short hike on the White Oak Trail before we paint, even though it is terribly cold with a persistent wind, we desperately want to connect with nature. In search for Spring Beauty wildflowers we come up short, instead we…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, hiking, Landscape, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, sketchbook in the field, sketching class, watercolor sketchingTags: art, Artwork, Chicago, chicago art, Christine Kane Art, ckane, Cook County Forest Preserves, free art class, free art event, IL, little red schoolhouse, long john slough, oak tree, sketch class, sketchbook, watercolor, watercolor oak sketch, watercolor oak tree, watercolor tree, willow springs, winter tree
Posted on March 20, 2011
by Christine
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I see flashes of lightning through thick stained glass gothic windows and hear a low rumble of thunder on the other side of the vaulted wooden ceiling. Still wet from the outside, I close my eyes and smile in my pew remembering the golden sun…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, hiking, Landscape, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, watercolor sketchingTags: Artwork, Christine Kane Art, ckane, Cook County Forest Preserves, hiking, hiking and sketching, sketchbook, spears woods, sun, watercolor sketch
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 February 26, 2011
by Christine
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02-26-2011 28°F Light snow, no wind We first hike the Black Oak Trail, to get our blood pumping and connect with nature. The heavy odor of burnt firewood hangs in the air. I do not know where the smell originates. Fresh snow makes identifying animal tracks a…
Category: art, Artwork, Birds, Chicago, goose, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, owl, sketchbook, sketchbook in the field, sketching class, watercolor sketching, weather, wildlifeTags: Chicago, Cook County Forest Preserves, free art lesson, free sketch class, free watercolor class, geese, goose, goose sketch, goose watercolor, great horned owl, how to sketch nature, IL, little red schoolhouse, nature painting, owl sketch, owl watercolor, willow springs, winter hiking
Posted on February 19, 2011
by Christine
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This is a picture I took about two years ago at Spears Woods. I’m not 100% sure this is a poplar tree, but I love its shape. It’s super tall and it’s the only one like it around. One interesting thing I learned is…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, Landscape, nature, watercolor paintingTags: art, chicago artists, Christine Kane Art, ckane, Cook County Forest Preserves, free art lesson, free watercolor lesson, how to paint a tree, how to paint with watercolor, jim milkowski, painting, poplar tree, spears woods, step by step painting demonstration, watercolor painting, watercolor winter tree, winter, wolflake creations
Posted on February 13, 2011
by Christine
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I didn’t have much time today so I made a quick stop at Crawdad Slough, just to find something to sketch from inside my car in the parking lot. It sure didn’t take long before my focus centered upon a tree full of character. I…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, God, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, sketchbook in the field, watercolor sketchingTags: Christine Kane Art, ckane, Cook County Forest Preserves, crawdad slough, God, nature sketch, nature watercolor, praying, sketch, sketchbook, watercolor tree, winter tree sketch, winter tree watercolor, wisdom
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