#67 ‘Quality Street’ 4×4″
by Clare Bowen | Apr 29, 2016 | Food, Small
I have been poorly this week (with a nasty cough) , so I was only up to doing a small painting today. These chocolates were surpringsly tricky to paint. The colours are quite intense, I used my artifical colours like Pathalo Blue & Green and Magenta. Lots of...
‘Skies 1 & 2’ Pastel on paper, 10×15″ & 8×10″
by Clare Bowen | Apr 26, 2016 | Pastels, Sky, View
Gorgeous sky again had to draw it. I haven’t really used pastels much before, so I experimenting with what they can do. I need to invest in some more colours and surfaces. I had a look online and got rather overwhelmed with the 400 colours I could choose...
‘The River Wey, Guildford’ Pen & Ink
by Clare Bowen | Apr 25, 2016 | Boats, Sketch, Surrey, View
My car was having a MOT so I had an hour to spare, not enough time to paint but I liked this narrow boat scene so I drew it in pen and ink. The pens is supposed to be water soluble but the ink didn’t move very much when I painted it over it with...
#66 ‘Magnolia’ 6×6″
by Clare Bowen | Apr 23, 2016 | Flower, Flowers, Pink, Plant, Square
I used a deep dusty pink ground base colour (see pic below) which allowed me to see the white petals of the magnolia.Broad strokes were used with not too much fussy detail. The tonal differences were very small, I did light the flowers from the side to create more...