#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...
#73 ‘Pink Rose’ 5×7″
by Clare Bowen | May 16, 2016 | 5x7", Flower, Pink, Plant, Rose
I am buzzing from an amazing painting weekend! It was at the Old Bank Studios in Harwich, a great set up for painting courses (lovely lunches too!)Haidee-Jo Summers ran the workshop, she is a wonderful plein air painter, I feel very inspired and full of new...
#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...
#65 ‘Rhododendron’ 6×6″
by Clare Bowen | Apr 22, 2016 | Flower, Pink, Plant, Square
A tricky subject! Painting the flowers so they are defined but not overworked. Simplyfing the pink tones and shapes otherwise its confusing to the eye. I did paint in a blue background thinking it’s like the sky, but it looked dreadful! It’s now...
Daily Painting #9 ‘Poinsettia’ 7×7″ Oil on Paper
by Clare Bowen | Jan 11, 2016 | Plant, Red, Square
I used lots of sweeping brushstrokes and rythmical marks.Lovely leaves to paint, I kept it very loose and free.I didn’t use much white in the red leaves (as they’d go pink!) Instead I mixed the red with yellow to lighten it and keep it vibrant.