by Clare Bowen | Mar 5, 2018 | Bramshott Common, Hampshire, Landscape, Snow, Trees, Winter
I started this by at 8am because I knew the heavy snowfall was due. I have painted this scene before back in 2016 when there was a light dusting and the path still visible. The shape of the foreground tree I emphasised with light and dark contrasts, as I liked...
by Clare Bowen | Mar 3, 2018 | Bramshott Common, Gate, Landscape, Snow, Trees, Winter
It’s been a while since I posted, returning from Devon I painted 3 or 4 that I either haven’t finished or don’t like! And now the past couple of days I’ve done 3 snow paintings here’s the first…..Painted this morning I’ve been...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 13, 2018 | Albert Bridge, Bridge, Cityscape, Landscape, London, The Mall Galleries, The Thames
During a rainy day when plein air isn’t so easy or appealing I painted this in my studio from a small plein air I did in September last year. I had started it (see pic below) and then it sat in my studio for a month. I was unsure as to whether it was going...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 9, 2018 | Beach, Dunes, Landscape, Seascape, Sky, Storm, West Wittering
We knew a storm was coming and only had an hour or so to paint, I was with artist Sarah Manolescue.Finding a spot that wasn’t in the direct line of the gale was tricky. I liked the dunes being lit by the sun and the building clouds as a backdrop.The people gives...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 31, 2018 | Buildings, Lake, Landscape, Reflection, Surrey, Trees, Winter
I completed this oil sketch in one hour this afternoon. The sun was out for about 20 minutes when I started which was a bonus as it looked so much better with the light on the trees. Squinting my eyes I could see quite a difference with the lower foliage being in...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 22, 2018 | Devils Punch Bowl, Landscape, Snow, Surrey, Trees
I didn’t know we were due snow, so Sunday morning was quite exciting! I dropped everything to get out and paint at the highest point in our area – The Punch Bowl. I was drawn to these trees because of the shapes and the snow on them and the feeling of...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 21, 2018 | Green, Landscape, South Downs, The Trundle
I painted this scene previously at the beginning of the week. I wanted to go back and try it again, this time smaller and with more care. (The first was a quick sky painting.)I also wanted to use thicker paint. I had this intention before I started plus...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 17, 2018 | Landscape, Sunset, The Trundle, West Sussex, Winter
A fast painting with the emphasis on the sky. Really enjoyed moving the brush strokes around on this big board. Working bigger allowed freer mark making and arm movement – it was fun!The chalk path was tonally light and almost glowing in the low light of...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 30, 2017 | Devils Punch Bowl, Landscape, Snow, Surrey
This was the last painting I managed before it poured with rain and the snow sadly melted. I have painted this scene before but from a photo during our joint exhibition in March this year, doing this I felt more familiar with the subject.I chose a...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 29, 2017 | Landscape, Sheep, Snow, Surrey, Trees
This was my third time painting this view (from our back garden) and I felt brave enough to have a go with a larger board (my biggest to date outside.) I had no idea whether it would work out, but having ‘learnt the subject’ and feeling comfortable...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 28, 2017 | Bramshott Common, Landscape, Snow, Surrey, Trees
We had heavy snow yesterday and it was carnage outside our house, we are on a hill and cars were slipping, sliding and crashing into each other, and then abandoned. Quite a sight!Plus 40mile hour gusts made blizzard conditions. So I wrapped up in many layers – 3...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 20, 2017 | Landscape, Sky, Trundle, Winter
Gorgeous light when I arrived at the Trundle yesterday. I liked the contrast of rich greens and strong shapes in the foreground to the soft pastels colours diffused by the mist on the horizon. You couldn’t see the sea or Isle of wight and the land and sky...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 19, 2017 | Devils Punch Bowl, Landscape, Sunrise, Surrey
A very tricky subject, as the composition is minimal, you have to make more of it than is actually there! The mist rolled up the hill at the end which changed it as well.When I got it back to the studio it was one of those that was disappointing, it didn’t...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 17, 2017 | Landscape, Snow, Sunset, Surrey, Trees
I have been distracted with Christmas preps so haven’t posted the last of my snow paintings from the beginning of the week.Across the road from us we have Bramshott Common with lots of Silver Birches, I have found it difficult to find a composition I like in the...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 14, 2017 | Field, Landscape, Sheep, Snow, Surrey, Trees
Second painting from the back garden this time quite different weather being a sunny and crisp morning with long purple shadows on the snow. The shadows went surprisingly quickly which meant there was no time for mixing. I used some of the paint on my...
