#339 ‘White Peonies’ 11×14″
by Clare Bowen | Jun 7, 2018 | England, Flowers, Glass, Jug, Oil Painting, Peonies, Still Life
I saw these lovely white peonies in the supermarket, a sweet scent and blousie look. I managed to paint them while our Open Studio was on last weekend. Quite a challenge to get the tones and colours right. The tonal scale in the flower is so small e.g. Light...
#338 ‘Peonies’ 12×12″ & Open Studio Video
by Clare Bowen | Jun 3, 2018 | Artist Life, England, exhibition, Flowers, Oil Painting, Open Studios, Peonies, Pink, Still Life
Painted with haste and gusto! The background a blue black to set of the light pink flowers peonies which are so fun to paint, quite addictive! (There will be more 🙂 I think they are a good subject because of the globe shape so you get great light and dark on...
#337 ‘Dune’ 12×16″ & Surrey Open Studios!
by Clare Bowen | Jun 1, 2018 | Artist Life, England, Oil Painting, Open Studios, Portrait
My first attempt at a portrait!! I haven’t even tried to paint one in my studio, just felt quite scary and uncertain, so went on a ROI painting day at The Mall Galleries to make me do it! I decided to act as if…. pretend I felt confident even though I...
#336 ‘Purple Iris’ 10×10″ & Tonal Value Tip
by Clare Bowen | May 29, 2018 | England, Flowers, Garden, Landscape, Purple
Painting these flowers in a friends garden was a fine way to spend a bank holiday Monday! When I began this painting I had no idea whether it would work as I wasn’t sure how to tackle it. This is how I started, by blocking the two main greens. The...