by Clare Bowen | Jul 29, 2016 | 10x8", Boats, Buildings, Hampshire, Seascape, View, Water
This is my kind of subject! I love painting water, buildings, people and the evening light was fab too. I painted this view back in 2000 when I first starting painting properly and I haven’t painted it since. It used to be something I’d see daily when...
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...
by Clare Bowen | Jul 25, 2016 | Bridge, Landscape, Surrey, Trees, View, Water
This is a known spot for families, grest for splashing around in the River Wey. I got to the bridge early and had an hour painting before anyone else arrived. These two boys with their grandma turned up and they were straight in the river. I initially thought oh dear...
by Clare Bowen | Jul 21, 2016 | Boats, Hampshire, Panoramic, Seascape, Water
A hot day standing directly looking into the sun but worth it! Really enjoyed painting these beach huts, and on the panormic format. A lot of the beach huts were in shadow so I had to hold back with using saturated colours but still managed to get some turquoise and...
by Clare Bowen | Jul 19, 2016 | Blue, Boats, Bridge, Buildings, Square, View, Water
Some paintings flow and are easy others don’t, this was a stop start struggle and pain! I am still unsure about it, but thought I’d share it anyway. You can tell the bits I enjoyed which were the boats. I wondered around for a while trying to find a...
by Clare Bowen | Jul 12, 2016 | 10x8", Bridge, Buildings, London, Water
9,000 steps I took carrying all my plein air kit around London yesterday! You’ve got to be fit to do this outdoor painting lark 🙂 This is a different view of the same subject I have previously painted, also different light and weather. It was cold, the wind was...
by Clare Bowen | Jul 8, 2016 | Boats, Buildings, Seascape, View, Water
I was visiting my Mum in Portsmouth so I did a painting while I was there. Camber Docks is an interesting area with old buildings and lots of fishing boats and reflections. I have painted one there before in April.It was quite hard to decide how much to...
by Clare Bowen | Jul 6, 2016 | Boats, Bridge, London, View, Water
I wanted to make the most of being in London especially overnight. I persuaded my husband to get up at 5am (after the concert the night before!) and we heaved our equipment through London to the Tower Bridge view. It was a gorgeous morning, calm with great light...
by Clare Bowen | Jul 5, 2016 | 10x8", Boats, Bridge, Buildings, City, London, View, Water
My sister kindly brought us Lionel Richie concert tickets in London (he was amazing!), so we made the most of our overnight stay and I did 2 paintings.This one I painted Sunday afternoon standing on Hungerford bridge. I have never painted in such a busy thoroughfare,...
by Clare Bowen | Jul 1, 2016 | Blue, Boats, Flowers, Harbour, Water
These boats are so typical of Staithes North Yorkshire area. I like the colours and the flash of pink flowers. I initially got caught up in the view and up the cliff/bank on the other side of the water are lovely red rooved house and sky. I drew it in but...
by Clare Bowen | May 8, 2016 | Landscape, Surrey, Trees, View, Water
I was up painting early at 5.15am for sunrise, it was still and peaceful at Frensham Little Pond. Hardly any movement on the water (until the dogs jump in and the ducks swim by :-)I am pleased with the reflections, I painted it all in downward soft strokes. The sky I...
by Clare Bowen | May 7, 2016 | Landscape, Surrey, View, Water
I’m not complaining but gosh it was hot out there today! A great spot next to the lake with the geese were really going for it with their honking! To get the best view of the boathouse I was quite far away from it see pic below, I put the surrounding trees...
by Clare Bowen | Apr 10, 2016 | Landscape, Square, Surrey, View, Water
I painted at Frensham Little Pond a couple of weeks ago (in the fog!) This morning I painted Frensham ‘big’ Pond which is nearby. They were doing a touch of Sunday sailing, the wind was good for them not so good for me. I had fleeting spells of calm...
by Clare Bowen | Apr 2, 2016 | 6x8", Blue, Boats, Seascape, View, Water
I really enjoyed painting this little fishing boat, it’s in Portsmouth where I used live. Being a sunny day there were many people milling about I was on a walk through so lots of people stopped to chat. Behind me were houses, a couple were out in their garden...
by Clare Bowen | Mar 12, 2016 | 6x8", Houses, Landscape, Surrey, View, Water
I waited till the fog had cleared where we live and drove the 15 minutes to this pond. It was still foggy but actually looked really atmospheric and pretty. By the time I was ready to paint a lot of the fog had cleared but I still kept it quite tonal. I simplified the...
