by Clare Bowen | Feb 11, 2019 | English Landscape, Landscape, Orange, Silver Birch, Snow, Snowscape, Sunset, Trees, Wood, Yellow
This is the first one I did as the sun was going down on Bramshott Common. Different colours to the previous bluer snow paintings. Mainly yellow and oranges, limited palette. I painted another straight after (will post tomorrow) in a portrait format to get the trees...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 8, 2019 | Blue, English Landscape, Landscape, Orange, Snow, Snow landscape, Snowscape
I arrived early to set up and start mixing colours. So I was ready to paint the shadows when the sun just came up over the trees. Cool blues compliment well with the orangey sky. Such an inspiring subject. I stayed on and did another I will post it tomorrow! A...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 24, 2019 | Orange, Palm Trees, Pink, Sea, Seascape, Silhouette, Sky, Sunrise
24x30cm Sunrise, Gran CanariaMy husband Nick and I had a week in the sun over the Christmas holidays, a proper break without my paints or his camera. (First one since our honeymoon 4 years ago!)I did however bring my sketch book, and we were blessed with stunning...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 27, 2018 | Christmas, Colour, Orange, Still Life
Out Christmas shopping I spotted these in a garden centre. They don’t usually have the greenery on in a supermarket. I haven’t painted this sort of subject in a long time so I thought I’d have a go!I remember having a clementine and walnut at the...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 15, 2018 | Autumn, Clouds, English Landscape, Oil Painting, Orange, Sky, Trees
This scene is about a 15-20 minute walk from our house. Autumn colours really improve this subject and I couldn’t wait to paint it! I liked the track leading in to the orangey oak tree. The sky was a bonus with fluffies. I put them in straight away as I...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 11, 2018 | Architecture, Blue, Boats, Buildings, Canal, Orange, Reflection, Venice
The second in this series. I started en plein air but mainly painted in the studio. I liked the rich blues and oranges complementaries really pop! Strong brush marks and thick paint again, seems to lend itself to this subject.An artist friend I painted with...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 5, 2018 | Accademia Bridge, Boats, Bridge, Buildings, Grand Canal, Maria Della Salute, Orange, Venice
This was so fun to paint!! Although a little daunting too as many artists over the years have painted this subject standing on Academia Bridge from Monet to Ken Howard…We are very lucky as this bridge is a few minutes walk from our house. It’s a dream...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 16, 2016 | Flowers, Orange, Still Life
Having made a detailed study drawing of gladioli in charcoal (posted Sept 28th) I wanted to have a bash in paint. Couldn’t get the same colour which was deep pink but these orange-red were still very vibrant and lovely to paint. I put in the dark tones...
by Clare Bowen | Jun 17, 2016 | Flower, Flowers, Orange, Pink, Rose, Square
A beautiful rose, I don’t know the name of, I like the full rounded head and two tone petal colours. Really difficult to paint! There is a tendency to get lost in the layers of complex petals – simplifying! But still getting the essence of it.The photo has...
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...
by Clare Bowen | Mar 23, 2016 | Jug, Orange, Pottery, Small, Square, Still Life
A small painting today as I am looking after my dog who had an op on Monday. Loose brush and emphasising the shape of the bellied pot.I used Blue-Violet and Cadmium Yellow Pale, plus some Cad Red, limiting the colours helps to add harmony.Matte in my studio with...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 21, 2016 | Fruit, Orange, Small, Square
I started the top one on a natural coloured board but decided I would do two studies at the same time to experiment with background colours, composition and to compare with a white ground and a coloured ground (see pic below)I was aiming for the orange to be luminous...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 7, 2016 | Blue, Fruit, Oil Course, Orange, Square, Still Life
This painting is for the oil painting course I run, it’s their next lesson after half term – Orange and Blue Complementary Colours. My students will do a similar painting and some colour mixing see chart below.I did an orange back on Daily Paint no. 2 I...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 23, 2016 | Blue, Orange, Square, Still Life, Vegetable
A different style composition. I enjoyed painting with these colours, it feels like I’ve brought a little taste of the Mediterranean into my winter studio! I worked on getting the undulations of the pepper sides without just putting a line down to...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 22, 2016 | Orange, Red, Square, Still Life, Vegetable, Yellow
I took an overhead view as I wanted to see the shape of the peppers. I lit it from behind so the shadows were towards me. When I first started the daily painting I hadn’t really done still lifes before and two elemements I found the hardest were composition...
