


#476 The North Downs
by Clare Bowen | Jul 30, 2019 | Landscape
I taught a 1:1 plein air teaching day with Chris, this was the view near his house. We enhanced what was there – I liked the wheat field so made bigger and the feature. Also when the sun came out I put the foreground shadow in. I walked a little left to see the...
#475 Sunflowers
by Clare Bowen | Jul 29, 2019 | Flowers
An apt flower with all this sunshine and heat! I seem to paint flowers better when they are in the garden instead of inside my studio with sunshine falling on them. Chunking together petal shapes not painting individuals. Cadmium Yellow Deep a useful colour for this...
#474 ‘View from Tilford Bridge’
by Clare Bowen | Jul 27, 2019 | River Wey
I painted this subject this time last year in Surrey. I like going back to a place and painting it again as the knowledge and experience from the first time is there and helps inform the next go. (in theory!) I liked the willow trees and their reflections in the...
#473 West Wittering
by Clare Bowen | Jul 24, 2019 | Seascape
A commission. I don’t do many, as I tend not to advertise, but I’m willing to do them if people ask. This one was for a ladies 50th her siblings got together to buy it for her as a surprise. Sadly they didn’t give me much time so had to go when it...