by Clare Bowen | Oct 18, 2017 | Boats, Gondolas, Grand Canal, Sky, Sunset, Venice
I stood in the Vaperetto water bus stop to paint this. It was a great view looking down the grand canal and the georgous light after the sun had set.It was very fleeting so I worked quickly and keeping it loose. I mixed the peachy pink colours with Naples yellow deep,...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 18, 2017 | Boats, Easel, Gondolas, Grand Canal, Sunset, Venice
I was going to get on the water bus and go to a St Marks Square for the sunset. But seeing the sparkle on the water and the colours I had to stop and paint.A lot of places I paint on location I am on show, this one was odd as people were in a waiting room and I was...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 4, 2017 | Boats, Cityscape, London, River Thames, Tower Bridge
This was the final painting I did on Monday. Started it about 10am there was cloud & sun, a lot less dramatic than #234. But still inspiring and interesting to paint. We were further away from the bridge so it’s smaller in the composition. Putting the...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 27, 2017 | Blue, Boats, Langstone, Seascape, Sky, Sunrise
I decide not to settle for a mediocre composition. I went to a place I had liked previously painted and the tide was so far out there was a trickle of water and mainly mud! It didnt inspire me – and it needs too!So I drove across Langstone Bridge onto Hayling...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 24, 2017 | Blue, Boats, Bosham, Buildings, Sea, Seascape, West Sussex, Yachts
I was itching to get out yesterday and was a lovely afternoon, I went to Chidham (West Sussex) and walked to the coast with a view across the water to Bosham. There was some gorgeous fluffy clouds when I arrived, I whipped out a board and drew with a brush the...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 14, 2017 | Boats, Bosham, Sunrise, West Sussex
This is one that I didn’t think was any good at the time but came out alright! Sometimes its the other way around, thinking its an ok painting and then looking at it again the next day and being disappointed!It was just after sunrise, a beautiful sky and a...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 8, 2017 | Blue, Boats, Bosham, West Sussex, Yachts
Last week I went to Bosham early morning and as I finished ‘Bosham Harbour’ #223 I turned 90 degrees and saw this scene, so I whipped out another board and got the composition down (before the boats moved) but ran out of steam to paint on site so I painted...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 7, 2017 | Boats, Bridge, London, River Thames, Wapping Group
I was up in London with The Wapping Group yesterday as their guest, a very enjoyable day. It’s somewhere I wouldn’t have usually painted but a great subject, at one point there was 5 of us lined up painting this bridge. (The Wapping Group are an acclaimed...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 4, 2017 | Boats, Bosham, Seascape, Sunrise, West Sussex, Yachts
I planned to go down to Bosham on advice from an artist saying it was gorgeous early morning. Somehow I picked the most stunning day, so happy. Got there just after sunrise and the cloud formation and reflections in the water….I painted the clouds quickly,...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 11, 2017 | Boats, Buildings, Seascape, Sky, West Sussex, Yachts
What a great place to paint! So many options it was hard to choose until I saw this scene, when I couldn’t take my eyes from it. It was a great sky day too, I wanted to do some cloud studies but this scene won! It was Sunday morning, and the sailing club...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 7, 2017 | Boats, Landscape, River Wey, Surrey, Trees
I painted with the Surrey Hills Plein air painters on Friday, a nice spot, near the lock at Ripley. A tricky subject with lots of greens and the boat end obscured by the grasses. Sometimes paintings work from the beginning, others like this painting I was 3/4...
by Clare Bowen | Jul 29, 2017 | Blue, Boats, Buoys, Sea, Seascape, Wapping Group
This was the first painting I started on the Wapping Group Wednesday (an esteemed group of London painters!)I did a drawing in my sketch book to practise making the shapes as it was a tricky angle. I’d mixed all my colours and about to start painting when the...
by Clare Bowen | Jul 27, 2017 | Boats, Red, Seascape, Wapping Group
The is was the second time for being a guest with the Wapping group (a prestigious group based in London the member are accomplished professional painters.)Whitstable in Kent is one of the further places they visit. I’d not been before but it had a lot to offer...
by Clare Bowen | Jul 24, 2017 | Boats, Hampshire, Harbour, Seascape, Thorney Island
My husband and I did a recce on Saturday for possible painting and photographic spots around Thorney Island (on the south coast of Hampshire). I loved this old boat yard so went back today. The owner was very friendly and even made me a cup of tea and biscuits while I...
by Clare Bowen | Jul 20, 2017 | Boats, Bridge, London, River Thames, Wapping Group
Yesterday I had my first day painting with the Wapping Group. Is the longest established society of working artists in the UK, started in 1946 and limited to just 25 members. I went as a guest you can go 4 times in a season. I felt quite anxious but they...
