by Clare Bowen | Jul 29, 2017 | Blue, Boats, Buoys, Sea, Seascape, Wapping Group
This was the first painting I started on the Wapping Group Wednesday (an esteemed group of London painters!)I did a drawing in my sketch book to practise making the shapes as it was a tricky angle. I’d mixed all my colours and about to start painting when the...
by Clare Bowen | Apr 3, 2017 | Boats, exhibition, Hampshire, Oil Sketch, Sea, Seascape, Sunrise
We had our Private View last Thursday. It went well, had a good turn out, lovely feedback and some sales! You can see some daily still life paintings and my plen air land and seascape. I hung 44 and had 10 left over, I didn’t want to crowd the wall. Everyone...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 24, 2016 | Beach, Hampshire, Sea, Seascape
During the past week I have been working on a commission, I can’t post it yet as it’s a Christmas present. I have also been working along side a website designer for my new website, very excited, it’s looking good and can’t wait to launch...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 12, 2016 | Beach, Boats, Hampshire, Panoramic, Sea, Seascape, Sunrise
I used to see this view every day as lived across the road and it’s where I walked my dog and ran along the seafront. I lived in Southsea (Hampshire) for 11 years, so I am familiar with the pier. I have painted it a few times but never en plein...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 25, 2016 | Blue, Boats, Hampshire, Sea, Seascape, Water
This is the same subject as yesterday but I experimented with different combinations – a warmer blue, Ultramarine base. Paint thickness, putting it on in thick strokes, no medium to thin it. Letting some of the dark tone underapitnign show. This was the...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 24, 2016 | Beach, Boats, Oil Sketch, Sea, Seascape, Sky
This weekend I was planning on going to ‘Brush with the Broads’ its a plein air painting festival on the Norfolk Broads. I had to cancel as my dog is very poorly again with an eye ulcer and has gone blind ( I really hope it’s temporary) with administering...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 21, 2016 | Cliff, Iceland, Rocks, Sea, Seascape, Square, Sunrise, Turquoise, Vik
I was back in front of the church looking down on the rocks at 5am for sunrise, which happened a lot faster than sunset the night before. I didn’t have time to paint the rocks in first. Instead I quickly mapped in the shapes and got to work on the sky. The...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 20, 2016 | Cliff, Iceland, Rocks, Sea, Seascape, Turquoise, Vik
I stood in front of the church at 8pm, it was my last painting of the day. Being higher up it allowed me to see more of the sea which reflected the evening colours.I put the rocks in first which gave me some structure to work around. – Dark and silhouetted. It...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 20, 2016 | Cliff, Iceland, Palette, Sea, Seascape, Vik
Thursday I completed 3 oil paintings in one day! That’s my record so far:-) I will post them all today….I decided to make the very long trek on the rock stacks beach to the other end to get a different view, see pic below. It...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 18, 2016 | Iceland, Oil Sketch, Panoramic, Sea, Seascape, Sunset, Vik
We drove around for a while trying to find a new view of the area. We went up the coast quite a few miles and found this deserted beach to paint on. It was nearly 7pm and I had a 20 minute weather window of sky and light, then the grey clouds came over....
by Clare Bowen | Aug 18, 2016 | Iceland, Landscape, Rocks, Sea, Seascape, View, Vik
I did two more paintings yesterday from the Vik village side, where you see more of the rocks I thought they looked a bit like teeth! I tried a more textured surface board and after a smooth board it felt strange and I didn’t have enough...
