Colour Mixing Studies ‘Green & Violet’
by Clare Bowen | Mar 31, 2016 | Colour Mixing, Colour Theory
These two sets of colour charts took me two and a half days to complete! Very labour intensive but worth it, as it tunes up my mixing skills and I will use the charts for years to come for my own practise and in teaching.They complete the Secondary colour mixing using...
Colour Mixing Studies ‘Oranges’
by Clare Bowen | Mar 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
I am using my time off teaching this Easter to work on colour mixing & studies for my own painting progression and as an teaching aid.The above is my palette with 4 yellows and 4 reds all mixed together to create -ORANGES, 3 versions: Yellow-Orange, Orange &...
#53 ‘Terry’s Chocolate Orange’ 4×4″
by Clare Bowen | Mar 27, 2016 | Blue, Food, Orange, Small, Square
This is my “Easter Egg’ from my husband so I thought I’d paint it! – and of course eat it later :-)Some tough areas to work out, simplifying the silver foil wrapper but still showing the complexity and tones of the crimples. I haven’t...
#52 ‘Yellow & Blue Jug’ 4×4″
by Clare Bowen | Mar 23, 2016 | Jug, Orange, Pottery, Small, Square, Still Life
A small painting today as I am looking after my dog who had an op on Monday. Loose brush and emphasising the shape of the bellied pot.I used Blue-Violet and Cadmium Yellow Pale, plus some Cad Red, limiting the colours helps to add harmony.Matte in my studio with...