Posted on December 6, 2010
by Christine
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Well friends, here it is! Finally! Sit back and relax and enjoy a short hike at Spears Woods before we do a step-by-step watercolor sketch demonstration. Why are we hiking before we paint? Well, I really want to invite the viewer to make a…
Category: art, Artwork, Birds, Chicago, hiking, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, step by step painting, Videos, white-breasted nuthatchTags: boomerang slough, Christine Kane Art, ckane, Cook County Forest Preserves, free watercolor lesson, hiking video, how to paint video, how to sketch nature video, how to watercolor video, sketch of lake, spears woods, step by step painting video, video of spears woods, watercolor of lake, watercolor of slough, winter sketch, winter trees, winter watercolor
Posted on October 18, 2010
by Christine
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Every time I begin a painting I ask myself, “What feeling are you trying to portray?” Do you remember the first time a chickadee surprised you on a tree branch? That instant feeling of delight? I want to capture that feeling and express it through the medium of…
Category: art, Artwork, nature, nature sounds, storm, weatherTags: art, Christine Kane Art, ckane, nature sounds, snow, watercolor snow, watercolor winter tree, winter paintings, winter storm watercolor, winter tree, winter watercolor
Posted on January 1, 2010
by Christine
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Sunsets are a bit tricky to sketch, you have to be very, very fast, as you can literally see the colors changing before your eyes. The first sunset of 2010 did not disappoint, giving us a beautiful few moments before the clouds moved in…
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, Landscape, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, Sunsets/SunriseTags: Christine Kane Art, ckane, sketchbook, watercolor sunset, winter sketch, winter sunset sketch, winter watercolor
Posted on December 6, 2009
by Christine
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Whenever you’re unhappy with your own current weather conditions and you long for something else….just make your own! I love snow. I love to watch it fall, I love to hike in it, but what I love most of all is to paint snow….
Category: art, Artwork, Chicago, Landscape, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, weatherTags: Christine Kane Art, ckane, falling snow watercolor, I love snow, salt as snow, salt with watercolors, snow, sunset snow, watercolor snow, winter, winter watercolor, winter watercolor tree, winter weather watercolor