by Clare Bowen | Aug 12, 2018 | Beach, Cliff, Cornwall, Sea, Seascape, Sky
A large imposing cliff the locals call Sleeping Dragon. A great paintable subject…with low tide and the water on the sand reflecting the cliff and sky. People to give scale and interest plus the colourful life guard flags. The sky I’d taken time to...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 11, 2018 | Beach, Cliff, Clouds, Cornwall, Rocks, Sandymouth Beach, Sea, Seascape, Sky
The North Cornwall surf was so much fun to paint! Looking the other way the beach was busy with people, life guards and surfers, it looked interesting but this way attracted me more because of the colours. – Looking into the sun creates strong tonal...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 6, 2018 | Beach, Cliff, East Sussex, Sea, Seascape, Sunset
This one I scraped off after nearly covering the board as I wasn’t happy with it and liked the light better as the sun was setting – warm apricots.It does seem to take a while to get to know a place, especially a new subject like white...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 4, 2018 | Cliff, East Sussex, Sea, Seascape
We had four days in East Sussex, a wonderful coastline with chalk cliffs and rocky outcrops. Having not painted white cliffs before they are a challenge! It’s all about the tonal values, everything was tonally close together the sea sky and cliffs, not...
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...
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...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 21, 2017 | Cliff, Dorset, Seascape, Sunset
I have just had a week in Dorset painting the local area of Bridport, Charmouth & Lyme Regis all on the Jurassic Coast.I was lucky with the weather, it didn’t rain once! and had some great sunsets and rises.I have about 10 paintings to post from the trip and...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 1, 2017 | Beer Devon, Cliff, Seascape, Sky, Water
I looked around after I finished the previous boat painting I posted and saw the light on the water and sky and thought I’ve got to paint that! So I turned my easel around and started straight away. The light only lasted about 30 minutes so it was a scramble to...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 26, 2016 | Boats, Cliff, Harbour, Pastels, Seascape, Staithes, Sunrise
This is the last sunrise from Staithes, I have enjoyed painting at this quiet time of the day and capturing the beautiful colours which are so quick to disappear. I have been experimenting with thicker paint, and not doing an under painting to start, just doing...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 22, 2016 | Boats, Cliff, Harbour, Seascape, Sky, Staithes, Sunrise
Haven’t posted in a few days as I was prepping for an eight day painting trip we are now on. My husband and I are away in North Yorkshire Staithes, a small fishing village I previously visited in the summer. It’s a really inspiring place and everywhere you...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 12, 2016 | Beach, Cliff, Landscape, Panoramic, Seascape
Charmouth is just a couple of miles from Lyme Regis, the cliff in the middle distance is called Golden Cap and is the highest point on the South Coast, it’s completely flat on the top.I watched an inspiring plein air painting DVD by Richard Pikesley and he was...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 21, 2016 | Cliff, Iceland, Rocks, Sea, Seascape, Square, Sunrise, Turquoise, Vik
I was back in front of the church looking down on the rocks at 5am for sunrise, which happened a lot faster than sunset the night before. I didn’t have time to paint the rocks in first. Instead I quickly mapped in the shapes and got to work on the sky. The...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 20, 2016 | Cliff, Iceland, Rocks, Sea, Seascape, Turquoise, Vik
I stood in front of the church at 8pm, it was my last painting of the day. Being higher up it allowed me to see more of the sea which reflected the evening colours.I put the rocks in first which gave me some structure to work around. – Dark and silhouetted. It...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 20, 2016 | Cliff, Iceland, Rocks, View, Vik
I was standing a little way up a mountain to be eye level with this church. I thought it had an alpine feel and is actually very typical of Icelandic churches. I simplified the scene and focused on the bits I liked – the contrast between the white building...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 20, 2016 | Cliff, Iceland, Palette, Sea, Seascape, Vik
Thursday I completed 3 oil paintings in one day! That’s my record so far:-) I will post them all today….I decided to make the very long trek on the rock stacks beach to the other end to get a different view, see pic below. It...
