#400 ‘Morning Boat Ride’ 10×12″
by Clare Bowen | Oct 8, 2018 | Accademia Bridge, Boats, Italy, Maria Della Salute, Sunrise, The Grand Canal, Venice
I experimented with putting the glow around the building next to the sun to give a sense of strong sunlight. There’s not much water activity early on but I managed to paint the Vaporetto water bus as it was moving across the Grand Canal! By around 8-9am its...
#401 ‘My Last Sunrise in Venice!’ 10×12″
by Clare Bowen | Oct 8, 2018 | Italy, San Giorgio Maggiore, Seascape, Sunrise, The Grand Canal, Venice
The morning we left Venice I got up at 5am and did one more paint, and it was this.A fleeting sunrise where the sun just peeped until it went behind the cloud. I used a slightly bigger board in portrait format to capture the light and movement on the water. My...
#398 ‘Nocturn, Maria Della Salute’ 8×10″
by Clare Bowen | Oct 6, 2018 | Accademia Bridge, Bridge, Grand Canal, Italy, Maria Della Salute, Nocturne, Reflection, Venice
An impulse paint! As I hadn’t planned to do a nocturne, I usually arrive early get myself set up and draw in and wait until the light hits the sky and water and then scrabble to get it down! This time I really noticed the lights on the water and intense orange...
#399 ‘4pm, Maria Della Salute Venice’ 8×10″
by Clare Bowen | Oct 6, 2018 | Accademia Bridge, Italy, Maria Della Salute, The Grand Canal, Venice
Braved the afternoon crowds on the Academia Bridge, it can be so hectic on there, I had been put off doing it the whole trip, also the risk of being moved on by the police, they have been known to move artists on from prominent tourists spots.Anyway I love the...