#77 ‘Citrus’ 6×8″
by Clare Bowen | May 22, 2016 | 6x8", Food, Fruit, Green, Still Life, Turquoise, Yellow
I enjoyed painting these colours, fresh and clean. I liked the shadows – so much in them, also the harmony of colours and the challenge of a cut in half fruit, first one I’ve tackled! You have to really question what colour is that? And also tone, yellow...
#76 ‘Peppers’ 5×7″
by Clare Bowen | May 19, 2016 | 5x7", Food, Red, Still Life, Vegetable
I wanted this to be well observed but painterly. Rich complementary colours go well together. One for my students to try :-)The title I did want to call it was: ‘I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine’, but it seamed a bit of a mouthful! When I...
#75 ‘Morning Shadows’ 8×8″
by Clare Bowen | May 18, 2016 | Landscape, Square, Surrey, Trees, View
Being inspired by the weekend workshop, this was an early morning painting in a allotment. I’ve not been to an allotment before and it was quite lovely, especially at this time of the year. It was huge with over 100 plots based in Compton, Surrey. Sadly it was...
#74 Tide Coming In’ 7×9.5″
by Clare Bowen | May 17, 2016 | Boats, Seascape
This painting I did on the second day of the weekend workshop I just did in Harwich. I was working on shapes and being looser with my mark making. The tide was coming in very quickly, I had to move all my gear up the beach several times as the water was lapping...