Tag: nature 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 August 2, 2011
by Christine
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Live off the land…that’s what I want to do…literally. My goal is to pay off all dept, sell my house, and live somewhere off-grid (no electricity, gas, etc). Bye, bye rate race…you can kiss it! I don’t know if this will ever be a… Continue Reading “Living Off the Land – Black Walnut Sketch”
Category: art, Artwork, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, watercolor sketchingTags: black walnut, black walnut sketch, harvesting, humor, live off the land, nature sketch, rat race, sketchbook, squirrel, tree rat, watercolor sketch
Posted on July 29, 2011
by Christine
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Flashes of intense lightning to the north, it came in quickly this time. The lightning is so bright that it reflects off my drapes for it is too powerful to be contained only to the sky. Wanting to go out but in fear, I sit… Continue Reading “Last Night’s Thunderstorm – Lightning Sketch”
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, storm, watercolor sketching, weatherTags: Christine Kane Art, ckane, dark sky watercolor, lightning sketch, nature sketch, night storm, sketch of lightning, sketch of weather, sketchbook, storm sketch, thunderstorm, watercolor of lightning, watercolor of thunderstorm, watercolor storm sketch
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… Continue Reading “Sketchbook Hiking: McClaughrey VIDEO”
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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… Continue Reading “Spring Gazebo Watercolor Sketch”
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… Continue Reading “Sketch Class Results April 2011”
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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… Continue Reading “Blustery Day at Maple Lake Sketch”
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 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… Continue Reading “Crawdad Slough Sketch”
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
Posted on January 9, 2011
by Christine
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Not feeling well, but desperately wanting to sketch, I stopped by Lake Katherine to do a quick one while sitting in my car. The snow was falling at different rates; sometimes slow and then all of a sudden quick and hurried, just to return to a… Continue Reading “Snow Flurry Sketch”
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Posted on September 8, 2010
by Christine
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Do you know that nature never ceases to amaze me? How often I hike, how often I notice things around me and it seems that I always discover something new…something different. I hope I never run out of things to discover. I hope I never learn everything. I… Continue Reading “Let’s Paint Some Acorns!”
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