#98 ‘1948 Alvis’ 5×7″
by Clare Bowen | Jul 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
I painted this for my father in law he is 90 today! He has had this car for 30 years, and still drives it once a week. I presented the painting to him today as a surprise present, he said it was splendid, I’m very pleased he is happy :-)I worked hard on getting...
#97 ‘River Wey, Farncombe Boat House’ 8×8″
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...
#96 ‘The Barns, Tilford Green’ 8×8″
by Clare Bowen | Jul 16, 2016 | Buildings, Landscape, Square, Surrey, Trees, View
I felt inspired to go back to the area we had our summer workshop this week. Some of my students were drawing this view and I thought that’s what I’d paint if I was here. I really liked the dark barn and the light roofs silhouetted against the range of...
Summer Workshop on Tilford Green
by Clare Bowen | Jul 14, 2016 | Drawing, Pen & Ink, Sketch, Trees, View
I did this drawing at the weekend in preperation for the workshop I was running today for my students. Set on an English green with old buildings, a pub and barns and a great sunny day, so lucky with the weather. The workshop aim was to produce drawings that will be...