by Clare Bowen | Jul 17, 2017 | Boats, Emsworth, Harbour, Seascape
Not any easy subject! A mass of masts and mud! I was told it helps to paint the uprights – masts before you put the sky in. See pic below. I liked the light masts agaisnt the dark tree foliage and the hulls of the boats shining in the sun. I quickly put the...
by Clare Bowen | Jul 13, 2017 | Boats, exhibition, Seascape
I have just found out I have been given 2 awards at The Patchings Art Festival in The Artist Magazine Category. So thrilled I can’t quite believe it ????It’s the Royal Talens award and The Artist Exhibition award. If you get a chance could...
by Clare Bowen | Jul 12, 2017 | Boats, Easel, Hampshire, Seascape, Trees
This is a view from my Mums flat in Southsea – Portsmouth. I painted on the balcony, 7 floors up. The common grass area is already dry and burnt from the sun we’ve been having. The building is Southsea Castle (built in 1544) and the light house...
by Clare Bowen | Jul 1, 2017 | Boats, France, Harbour, Port en Bessin, Seascape
This was near our hotel and all of us artists past this scene and went ooooh! So brightly coloured and great shapes.I drew it the night before so I could work out the shapes and composition. It was still a challenge though! I haven’t been mapping out before...
by Clare Bowen | Jul 1, 2017 | Boats, France, Low Tide, Port en Bessin, Seascape
For some reason the flies loved this painting. I was working with another artist near by and her painting wasn’t attractive to them! Look at my palette pic to see how many were in there. First I tried to save them by the end they were being mixed and and applied...
by Clare Bowen | Jun 30, 2017 | Boats, Buildings, France, Harbour, Port en Bessin, Seascape
I simplified what was there and emphasised the bits I liked. Building up a patchwork of colour, shapes and tones. A tricky subject but enjoyed piecing it all together.A young French couple watched me paint for a while and then using google translate asked if it...
by Clare Bowen | Jun 30, 2017 | Boats, Buildings, France, Port en Bessin, Seascape
There was a window of lovely light which I wanted to capture. To be bold in the mark making, blocking in and simplifying the shapes and keeping the colours fresh to help show the light.I am now back home from the French trip. It’s been hard keeping up with...
by Clare Bowen | Jun 29, 2017 | Boats, France, Ile de Re
I heard from the other painters about a lovely old boat on blocks out of the water. There were 6 people painting around the area. I joined them with uncertainty as it was a big subject to tackle. The drawing & structure is important to get the angles...
by Clare Bowen | Jun 29, 2017 | Boats, France, Ile de Re, Seascape
I wanted to get a quickie in before we left for our next location. An early start where I was rewarded with beautiful light, really calm water and perfect reflections. I worked on a small board and time limited seamed to help being decisive and strong with...
by Clare Bowen | Jun 28, 2017 | Boats, France, Ile de Re, Mist, Seascape
I had completed a painting of this misty scene the previous day. It was a landscape board and smaller scale. I wasn’t 100% happy with it. Luckily the mist came back so I was able to have another go…When I started the tide was up and the mist...
by Clare Bowen | Jun 8, 2017 | Boats, Emsworth, Seascape
Painted this yesterday morning, nice light, especially compared to the grey drizzle of today! At the moment I am enjoying painting boats and their individual characters! When I arrived the tide was mainly out, and as I was paintiing it was creeping in around...
by Clare Bowen | Jun 5, 2017 | Boats, Emsworth, Framed Paintings, Paintings, Studio
Painted this a few days ago. I was standing at the end of the jetty that I had previously painted #178. When I arrived the tide was almost at it’s lowest, it’s surpising how quickly it turned and changed. When it did the boats turned 180 degrees! And...
by Clare Bowen | May 21, 2017 | Boats, Emsworth, Harbour, Seascape
This is the second one I did a couple of days ago in Emsworth Harbour. I was running out of steam by then and the light wasn’t as beautiful as the early morning so I packed up. Back in the studio I ended up wiping most of it off see below as I wasn’t happy...
by Clare Bowen | May 20, 2017 | Blue, Boats, Emsworth, Seascape
I got up at 4.30am for this painting! Rather early but needed to get down to the coast and paint and get back again before my husband went to work at 8.30am – we have our shared dog staying, he’s blind and can’t be left alone.It was beautiful at this...
by Clare Bowen | May 16, 2017 | Blue, Boats, Emsworth, Hampshire, Harbour, Seascape
Back home I wanted to explore what I had learnt with Richard Pikelsey as soon as possible. So I set off early to paint in Emsworth harbour. With a very low tide I was able to stand out on the mud flats and use a little boat as my table 🙂 see belowI liked the...
