‘Yachts, Port Solent’ Pen & Ink
by Clare Bowen | Apr 30, 2016 | Boats, Pen & Ink
This is a marina and shopping complex near to Portsmouth where I used to live, a lovely spot when it was sunny like today.I wasn’t up to painting it but hopefully will get back there and do it another day.
#67 ‘Quality Street’ 4×4″
by Clare Bowen | Apr 29, 2016 | Food, Small
I have been poorly this week (with a nasty cough) , so I was only up to doing a small painting today. These chocolates were surpringsly tricky to paint. The colours are quite intense, I used my artifical colours like Pathalo Blue & Green and Magenta. Lots of...
‘Skies 1 & 2’ Pastel on paper, 10×15″ & 8×10″
by Clare Bowen | Apr 26, 2016 | Pastels, Sky, View
Gorgeous sky again had to draw it. I haven’t really used pastels much before, so I experimenting with what they can do. I need to invest in some more colours and surfaces. I had a look online and got rather overwhelmed with the 400 colours I could choose...
‘The River Wey, Guildford’ Pen & Ink
by Clare Bowen | Apr 25, 2016 | Boats, Sketch, Surrey, View
My car was having a MOT so I had an hour to spare, not enough time to paint but I liked this narrow boat scene so I drew it in pen and ink. The pens is supposed to be water soluble but the ink didn’t move very much when I painted it over it with...