by Clare Bowen | Jan 16, 2017 | Landscape, Snow, Surrey, Trees
Having painting in the morning I went home for sustenance and to warm my hands then straight out again as the snow was melting fast! We are at a high point in the area so I walked over to this common. I was lucky to find a patch of snow which was north facing and...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 15, 2017 | Landscape, Snow, Surrey
So excited to see the first snow of the season! I was out early by 8am to catch the sunrise colours, which were too fleeting to paint but photographed for another time.The Devils Punch Bowl is a National Trust area. I have painted it several times before but first...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 18, 2016 | Colour Mixing, Landscape, Mall Gallery, Students, Website
I have my sister here from South Africa at the moment but managed to do some painting over the last few days.But first I want to say thank you for the lovely comments & emails I’ve had for my new website thank you!! Really pleased.It’s funny how things...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 13, 2016 | Hills, Landscape, Surrey
This is the same area as the previous Surrey Hills painting I did (it’s near Compton.) Although this one I traipsed down a steep hill to get this view. I made the mistake of arriving too early I got there at 7am it was still pitch black! If it’s...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 5, 2016 | Landscape, Panoramic, Sunrise, Surrey
I painted most of this last Tuesday outside in a very cold field and then I was struck with a nasty bout of lurgie 🙁 feeling much better now and raring to paint again!A bigger board which allowed for a bigger scale and freer brush marks. The colours were mainly...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 8, 2016 | Beach, Landscape, Palette, Seascape, Sky
I had a really great day painting with Artist Michael Richardson over in Kent. It was bitterly cold with a north wind blasting us. But we managed two paintings this was the second. The first is half done because we were chased off the mud flat as the tide flew in!This...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 2, 2016 | Lake, Lake District, Landscape, Sunrise, Trees
When we arrived at this small lake it was still and so perfect looking it seamed almost to good to paint! I hesitated for a bit unsure as to whether I could do it justice. But then what the heck….and had a go. I wanted to try a bigger square format my...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 1, 2016 | Boats, Lake, Lake District, Landscape, Panoramic
A beautiful and still morning on Lake Windermere. It was frosty, zero degrees and very cold hands and feet, but I didn’t really notice until I finished as I really enjoyed painting this scene of soft light and pastel colours. Initially I was waiting for the...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 30, 2016 | Lake, Lake District, Landscape, Trees
We are back now from our vist to the Lakes & Staithes. Really enjoable trip painting such amazing places and so it was a very productive 8 days! Lots to post on here… It was difficult to post while I was away as we were out for long days in the Lakes making...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 12, 2016 | Beach, Cliff, Landscape, Panoramic, Seascape
Charmouth is just a couple of miles from Lyme Regis, the cliff in the middle distance is called Golden Cap and is the highest point on the South Coast, it’s completely flat on the top.I watched an inspiring plein air painting DVD by Richard Pikesley and he was...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 11, 2016 | Beach, Blue, Landscape, Seascape, Sunrise, Turquoise
This weekend Husband and I had a whistle stop trip to Lyme Regis on the Dorset Coast. We only spent 26 hours there but enough to explore and do 3 paintings :-)This was actually the second painting, I want to revisit the first tomorrow and then post it.Gorgeous, calm...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 3, 2016 | Bridge, Green, Hampshire, Landscape, Water
A beautiful sunny day and great to be out painting again for the 3rd day in a row! I previously painted this bridge and trees from the other side on the 18th September no.124. The leaves are just turning and the ones one the ground are orange, which I made full use of...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 2, 2016 | Harmonious Colours, Landscape, Panoramic, Surrey
Lovely light on the morning hills, really blue and pale. I used a new wood panel by Gerstaeker called Tintoretto, I had prepared it with three layers of acrylic gesso, and it was really nice to work on, the paint glided but didn’t sink into it. No need to...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 22, 2016 | Landscape, Sunrise, Surrey, Trees, Water
An early start, the sunrise came up opposite this view and only just tinged the scene in colours. The pond was very quiet apart from the coots and more hens and occasional dog walker. It such a great way to start the day, next to the water and totally focused on the...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 18, 2016 | Bridge, Green, Hampshire, Landscape, Trees, View, Water
This National Trust beauty spot in Hampshire, is just down the road from us. I had the idea to paint here as I did a sketch of it in March:I adapted the view as I love the big trees in foreground.I had limited time to paint it which worked well as I didn’t fuss...
