#79 ‘Gorse Cottages’ 8×8″
by Clare Bowen | May 25, 2016 | Flowers, Plant, Pots, Purple, Square, Surrey
This house is a few doors away from us. I was drawn to the sun drenched blue pots bursting with flowers. I cropped the door to make it a more interesting composition – and to emphasis the bits I really like! I started painting the pots first they were...
#78 ‘Wisteria’ 8×8″
by Clare Bowen | May 23, 2016 | Flowers, Plant, Purple, Square
I experimented with this painting. I used a different board called: Ampersand, it has a super smooth surface, unlike the medium textured board I usually use, which means the paint goes on easily but sometimes slips off and doesnt even make a mark! You have to get the...
#66 ‘Magnolia’ 6×6″
by Clare Bowen | Apr 23, 2016 | Flower, Flowers, Pink, Plant, Square
I used a deep dusty pink ground base colour (see pic below) which allowed me to see the white petals of the magnolia.Broad strokes were used with not too much fussy detail. The tonal differences were very small, I did light the flowers from the side to create more...
#34 ‘Lisianthus’ 5×7″
by Clare Bowen | Feb 15, 2016 | 5x7", Flower, Flowers, Purple, Still Life
These flowers were in my bouquet I had on for Valentines day :-)I like the wispy delicate buds and rich deep flower heads. I had a go at drawing it before thinking it would work as a coloured drawing. But the colours were so wishy washy compared to oils I had to then...
#33 ‘Happy Valentines Day’ 6×6″
by Clare Bowen | Feb 14, 2016 | Flower, Flowers, Red, Rose, Square
I brought this rose for my husband for Valentines Day. It’s the first time I have painted a rose, it’s not easy but I enjoyed it. Its called a Naomi rose, with soft velvety petals.I painted it being totally unsure as to how it would turn out, I used lots...
Daily Painting #20 ‘Iris Flowers’ 10×8″
by Clare Bowen | Jan 27, 2016 | 10x8", Flower, Flowers, Green, Iris, Matte dog, Purple
These flowers took me ages! So much so Matte, my dog asked for food and attention while I was taking the photo of the finished painting, see pic below. Tricky subject again, next time I’m doing a simpler one! I thought the Iris flowers looked a bit like...