#263 ‘Harbour Entrance, Lyme Regis’ 5×10″
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...
#264 ‘Low Tide Charmouth Beach’ 15x40cm
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...
#262 ‘Wintery Skies, Charmouth Beach’ 8×14″
by Clare Bowen | Nov 22, 2017 | Beach, Charmouth, Cliff, Dorset, Seascape, Sky
This is a new board size and it works well for this sweaping sort of subject and when you want more sky in. A grey day apart from the sliver of light on the horizon, the sky was fun to paint. There’s an estuary going through the beach which deposits...
#261 ‘Sky & Sea Study, Dorset’ 8×10″
by Clare Bowen | Nov 21, 2017 | Dorset, Sea, Seascape, Sky
It was a grey day but the sun came out for 30 minutes or so and I grabbed it! When a subject is changing so quickly I paint it in the order it’s going change the most. 1. Clouds – the shape & colour 2. Light on the water the lightest...