by Clare Bowen | Mar 1, 2017 | exhibition, Landscape, Snow, Surrey
I am away for a week or so skiing for my birthday 🙂 very excited as I used to be a ski instructor in my 20’s and love being in the mountains.I am not taking my painting gear, a hard descion as I’m sure there will be lots of inspiration in the Alps, but...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 22, 2017 | Landscape, Sunset, Surrey
I had made a dash for the Pond as I saw the sky had potential to be a wonderful sunset. But in my haste I forgot my Pochade (outside easel) very annoying but took my board, and sketch book and drew the scene several times to try and learn the subject and imprint it on...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 4, 2017 | Clare painting, Frost, Landscape, Palette, Panoramic, Sunrise, Surrey
I started this last weekend. But when I got back to the studio I found I couldn’t finish because I didn’t have enough information, it was the fist time I had visited and it was misty with the sunrise. So I went back and did two drawings of the...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 28, 2017 | Hills, Landscape, Surrey
Very busy at the moment, as I have two exhibitions in March, one joint with my husband and one in a gallery. So I’m painting like a mad women to supply both! I’ve discovered two new areas I like for painting (The Chantries & Newlands Corner, both...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 24, 2017 | Boats, Frost, Landscape, Surrey, Winter
A beautiful morning, with a hard frost. I was out with the Surrey Hills Plein Air Painters. A lot of us gathered around to paint this subject. I enjoyed painting with others, and seeing their results of the same subject.I was attracted to the winding path, frosty...
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 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 27, 2016 | Barn, Buildings, Surrey
This is not a subject I would usually tackle. But I really enjoyed it. I have, with 8 other people started a group called The Surrey Hills Plein Air Painters and this farm was our first outing 🙂 I usually paint alone so it was really nice to paint with others....
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 8, 2016 | Flowers, Surrey
I have been saving this painting to post, as I did it during a painting day with Haslemere art society a few weeks ago. I’ve only just joined them, a friendly bunch, and I am in their annual exhibition starting Saturday at Haselmere Museum.I made the mistake of...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 4, 2016 | Boats, Landscape, Surrey, Water
I’ve had a few days break form painting. But still really busy lesson planning for start of teaching next week, we are doing some landscape painting which will be fun to teach. Also framing work ready for 3 exhibitions coming up. One locally with Haslemere Art...
by Clare Bowen | Jul 27, 2016 | Drawing, Students, Surrey, Trees, View, Water
We had a lovely day yesteday at Frensham Little Pond. A good spot to draw although we were lucky it wasn’t raining, the wind was wipping up from the water and quite chilly. My students worked really hard on drawing what they saw, ready to use the...
