by Clare Bowen | Nov 23, 2017 | Dorset, Seascape, Sunrise, Sunset
I wasn’t sure about posting this one as the easel fell over (it was on a slanted harbour wall – The Cobb) and the painting came off the easel and all the solvent spilt onto the painting! This is a photo of it before it was ruined, but thought I’d...
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 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...
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...
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 21, 2017 | Beach, Charmouth, Dorset, Seascape, Winter
A grey morning so I put the emphasis onto the beach by making the horizon line on the top third of the board and using the seaweed lines and pebbles to help lead the eye in.I painted this subject 4 times during last week, so helpful to learn the subject shapes to then...
by Clare Bowen | May 15, 2017 | Dorset, Flowers, Landscape
This is the second painting I did with artist Richard Pikesley.We struggled to find something decent in the murk of drizzle and low cloud. The view we eventually settled on you could easily have driven past as it wasn’t spectacular but it had some great light in...
by Clare Bowen | May 14, 2017 | Boats, Dorset, Harbour
I feel very privileged to have had a painting day with an English artist Richard Pikesley he is a wonderful painter and the president of the New English Art Club.I felt like I needed some input and direction on how to progress my paintings to another level. I...
