#36 ‘Little Jug’ 4×4″
by Clare Bowen | Feb 20, 2016 | Jug, Small, Square, Still Life
I have had the ‘lurgy’ the past few days, bad cold and cough with no painting. So it’s good to get back to it today.I like the shape of this little jug, reminds of something in the Dutch masters time – Vermeer, ‘Girl with the Pearl...
#35 ‘Comice Pear’ 6×6″
by Clare Bowen | Feb 16, 2016 | Fruit, Green, Harmonious Colours, Square, Still Life
One for my students, we will work on planes (surfaces) of a subject and harmonious colours. It was surprising how yellow the pear was, you think a pear is green so to truly see it I cut out a little hole in a piece of paper and looked at the pear, this isolates...
#34 ‘Lisianthus’ 5×7″
by Clare Bowen | Feb 15, 2016 | 5x7", Flower, Flowers, Purple, Still Life
These flowers were in my bouquet I had on for Valentines day :-)I like the wispy delicate buds and rich deep flower heads. I had a go at drawing it before thinking it would work as a coloured drawing. But the colours were so wishy washy compared to oils I had to then...
#33 ‘Happy Valentines Day’ 6×6″
by Clare Bowen | Feb 14, 2016 | Flower, Flowers, Red, Rose, Square
I brought this rose for my husband for Valentines Day. It’s the first time I have painted a rose, it’s not easy but I enjoyed it. Its called a Naomi rose, with soft velvety petals.I painted it being totally unsure as to how it would turn out, I used lots...