Sketches of South Africa
by Clare Bowen | Apr 26, 2017 | Beach, Drawing, Pen & Ink, Rocks, Rose, Sky, Sunrise
Arrived back home yesterday from South Africa, a wonderful trip visiting my sister.Pen & Ink, Table Mountain. We saw the sunrise over Table Mountain twice – It was so good we had to go back and see it again! Beautiful colours and I was itching to paint...
#171 ‘The Red Boat’ 8×10″
by Clare Bowen | Apr 13, 2017 | Boats, Contra Jour, Seascape
This was taken from a photo a took last year in Harridge, Essex. Contra jour with the flags lit in the sun. I didn’t feel confident enough to paint it then. So I had a go yesterday in the Museum, not easy when the subject is nearly all in shadow. I painted the...
#170 ‘La Plagne, The Alps’ 9×12″
by Clare Bowen | Apr 12, 2017 | Landscape, Mountain, Snow, Sunset, Trees
This was taken from a drawing I made while in the French Alps. (see below)It really helpd to have drawn it as the tones are quite close together and having studied it in person helped with the painting. (didn’t make it easy though!)The light source was...
#169 ‘Morning Light, Devils Punch Bowl’ 8×10″
by Clare Bowen | Apr 9, 2017 | Clare painting, exhibition, Landscape, Snow
This is the second of the snow paintings in this area. I really enjoyed putting the light in – once all the darks and mids were in place. I’m starting a painting by mixing the main colour and then using that paint if I can as a starting point to mix...