#205 ‘Yacht Harbour’ 24x30cm
by Clare Bowen | Jul 17, 2017 | Boats, Emsworth, Harbour, Seascape
Not any easy subject! A mass of masts and mud! I was told it helps to paint the uprights – masts before you put the sky in. See pic below. I liked the light masts agaisnt the dark tree foliage and the hulls of the boats shining in the sun. I quickly put the...
Award Winner!
by Clare Bowen | Jul 13, 2017 | Boats, exhibition, Seascape
I have just found out I have been given 2 awards at The Patchings Art Festival in The Artist Magazine Category. So thrilled I can’t quite believe it ????It’s the Royal Talens award and The Artist Exhibition award. If you get a chance could...
#204 ‘View over Southsea Common’ 21x30cm
by Clare Bowen | Jul 12, 2017 | Boats, Easel, Hampshire, Seascape, Trees
This is a view from my Mums flat in Southsea – Portsmouth. I painted on the balcony, 7 floors up. The common grass area is already dry and burnt from the sun we’ve been having. The building is Southsea Castle (built in 1544) and the light house...
#203 ‘Morning Light, The Trundle’ 24x30cm
by Clare Bowen | Jul 9, 2017 | Landscape
Painting this morning back at the Trundle I was here a few days ago but in the evening. I decided to take a risk and try a different technique to what I have been practising recently.To cover the whole board in paint and then paint over the top to adjust the...