#468 Pink Peonies
by Clare Bowen | Jul 12, 2019 | Flowers
I wanted to get the colours as vibrant a possible so kept mixing until they we’re bright enough – I used Magenta to help with the intensity. Peonies are such happy flowers!! ????
#467 Morning Light, Langstone
by Clare Bowen | Jul 11, 2019 | Langstone
7am in the summer time and the sun is already quite high but there is some warm interesting light. Driving down to the coast I thought I’d check out Langstone first before I went further along the coast towards Bosham. But this scene grabbed me and I could...
#466 Blue Canal Boat
by Clare Bowen | Jul 11, 2019 | Canal
Not a subject I would have gone out to paint but a friend asked me to help her with plein air painting. When I first started painting outside I would choose a single object like this boat as it was similar to a still life – light a dark on a single element. So...
#465 Daisies & Grasses
by Clare Bowen | Jul 1, 2019 | Daisies
I wanted a light an airy feel, difficult with light flowers and a fairly light background. Contrasted dark grasses helps with the tonal composition.