#77 ‘Citrus’ 6×8″
by Clare Bowen | May 22, 2016 | 6x8", Food, Fruit, Green, Still Life, Turquoise, Yellow
I enjoyed painting these colours, fresh and clean. I liked the shadows – so much in them, also the harmony of colours and the challenge of a cut in half fruit, first one I’ve tackled! You have to really question what colour is that? And also tone, yellow...
#76 ‘Peppers’ 5×7″
by Clare Bowen | May 19, 2016 | 5x7", Food, Red, Still Life, Vegetable
I wanted this to be well observed but painterly. Rich complementary colours go well together. One for my students to try :-)The title I did want to call it was: ‘I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine’, but it seamed a bit of a mouthful! When I...
#67 ‘Quality Street’ 4×4″
by Clare Bowen | Apr 29, 2016 | Food, Small
I have been poorly this week (with a nasty cough) , so I was only up to doing a small painting today. These chocolates were surpringsly tricky to paint. The colours are quite intense, I used my artifical colours like Pathalo Blue & Green and Magenta. Lots of...
#53 ‘Terry’s Chocolate Orange’ 4×4″
by Clare Bowen | Mar 27, 2016 | Blue, Food, Orange, Small, Square
This is my “Easter Egg’ from my husband so I thought I’d paint it! – and of course eat it later :-)Some tough areas to work out, simplifying the silver foil wrapper but still showing the complexity and tones of the crimples. I haven’t...