by Clare Bowen | Nov 24, 2017 | Boats, Clouds, Emsworth, Hampshire, Sea, Seascape, Yachts
Driving down to the coast it was a grey blanket of cloud so I was pleased to find this beautiful sky when I arrived and I liked the little glimpses of light on the water.Painting a sky one of the things I think about is edges. Making some of them soft and others hard....
by Clare Bowen | Nov 23, 2017 | Boats, Bridge, Cityscape, London, Putney, River Thames
I went to see Richard Pikesleys solo exhitbition yesterday at the Russell Gallery in Putney. Really inspiring show, I love his mark making and amazing light! So I was all fired up afterwards and did this painting. I was lucky with the tide it was just right...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 23, 2017 | Dorset, Seascape, Sunrise, Sunset
I wasn’t sure about posting this one as the easel fell over (it was on a slanted harbour wall – The Cobb) and the painting came off the easel and all the solvent spilt onto the painting! This is a photo of it before it was ruined, but thought I’d...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 22, 2017 | Boats, Dorset, Harbour, Lyme Regis, Seascape
Painting this on a 5×10″ boards helps me be more free as its small and feels like a study so isn’t prescious and I can attack it! It helped I was quite far away from the subject so its easier to translate onto a small board – see...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 22, 2017 | Beach, Charmouth, Cliff, Dorset, Sea, Seascape
Gorgeous day with the tide far out, the light was shining on the sand and I was in painting Heaven!The family I put in a Mum, Dad and little toddler were lovely to paint, they moved slowly which helped!I used a mixture of thin and thick paint. The reflections in...
