#344 ‘Daisies & Sweet Williams’ 12×12″ & Open Studio!
by Clare Bowen | Jun 16, 2018 | Artist Life, Daisies, England, Flowers, Oil Painting, Open Studios, Pink, Still Life, Surrey
I am enjoying these still life paintings as you can experiment so much with colour & harmonies, composition, subject…I tried with no hard line background this time, bigger in size and reflected vase on the table.I can’t write so much today as just...
#343 ‘The River Wey, Tilford’ 24x30cm
by Clare Bowen | Jun 12, 2018 | Bridge, England, Landscape, Oil Painting, Reflection, River Wey, Summer
It was a toss up between Waggoners Wells and Tilford Green. I was painting with Sarah Manolescue when we got to Tilford there was bridge works happening and it wasn’t obvious what to paint. We walked around thinking we should maybe try Waggoners, but often the...
#342 ‘Daisies’ 9×10″
by Clare Bowen | Jun 10, 2018 | Artist Tips, Blue, Daisies, Flowers, Open Studios, Still Life
Painted yesterday during our Open Studios. A busy day with 21 people coming to visit, I’ve sold 12 paintings to date – got plenty more!! But exciting to have sales and lovely feed back!This year there are many wild daisies, great blankets of them, they...
#341 ‘Afternoon Light, Albert Bridge’ 6×12″
by Clare Bowen | Jun 9, 2018 | Albert Bridge, Colour, England, Light, London, Teaching, The Thames
The sun was from behind and directly lighting the bridge, not easy to paint as it’s more about colour less tonal than I have been working, but a good challenge! This was the final painting of the day with my 1:1 student Christopher Mike. I wanted the bridge...