#142 ‘Margate Beach’ 10×12″
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...
#133 ‘Lyme Regis Harbour’ 9.5×12″
by Clare Bowen | Oct 15, 2016 | Blue, Boats, Clare painting, Palette, Pochade, Seascape
This was the final painting I did in Lyme. Absolutely loved painting the fishing boat, and emphasised it in the composition and the detail which I included. I spent 3 hours on site painting and was exhausted afterwards, a really complex subject but the sort of thing I...
#130 ‘Rainy Day, Victoria Embankment’ 9.5×12″
by Clare Bowen | Oct 6, 2016 | Boats, Bridge, London, Palette, Water
This was the painting I started last weekend outside in London. It was a complex subject and good size painting to tackle en plein air and in the rain! See pic below.I used my ‘Best Brella’ for the first time and it was a boon! I couldn’t have...
#118 ‘Icebergs, Jokulsarlon Iceland 3’ 8×8″
by Clare Bowen | Aug 24, 2016 | Glacier, Iceberg, Iceland, Jokulsarlon, Palette, Pochade, Square, Turquoise
Due to the tides and flow of water the icebergs shift a lot each day some of them end up out of the lagoon and into the sea, so when we returned the next morning (Monday) it looked completely different and I found it harder to find one I liked so I painted a...
#112 ‘Dyrholaey, Iceland’ 20x30cm
by Clare Bowen | Aug 20, 2016 | Cliff, Iceland, Palette, Sea, Seascape, Vik
Thursday I completed 3 oil paintings in one day! That’s my record so far:-) I will post them all today….I decided to make the very long trek on the rock stacks beach to the other end to get a different view, see pic below. It...
Painting in the rain! Iceland
by Clare Bowen | Aug 14, 2016 | Clare painting, Iceland, Landscape, Palette, Pochade, Seascape
I thought yesterday was bad, today was WET!I started painting in the rain thinking I could muster through it. Husband left to photograph and I was left to battle. The rain was driving and my board and palette was wet within seconds. I kept wiping it...
Daily Painting #19 ‘Bananas’ 10×8″
by Clare Bowen | Jan 25, 2016 | 10x8", 6x8" Still Life, Fruit, Green, Palette, Yellow
This was a difficult subject to tackle. I started it on a square board – as many still life’s work better square but changed it to landscape as it wasn’t working. I mixed many colours and tones of yellow. I’m pleased with the subtle changes of...