by Clare Bowen | Feb 14, 2019 | English Landscape, Landscape, Sky, Snow, Snow landscape, Snowscape, Winter
Started outside on the last day of the snow we had finished in a warm studio! Painted one before this (see previous post) but liked the tall tree and sky so did a bigger painting in a portrait format.
by Clare Bowen | Feb 10, 2019 | Blue, Contra Jour, English Landscape, Landscape, Snow, Snow landscape, Snowscape, Sunrise, Yellow
The second painting done straight after the first. You can see how much the sun has moved to the right and rose. Warmer blues and lots of colours in the snow! But also a limited colour palette – warm and cool.In this one I wanted more of the shadows as I...
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 | Feb 7, 2019 | Landscape, Snow, Snow landscape, Snowscape, Surrey Hills, Winter
I liked the cool blue light contrasted with the warmer light of the left. Plus the arial perspective of the fading distant hills. Not easy to paint! With quite subtle tonal difference having to really observe and not think you know whats there but...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 6, 2019 | Bramshott Common, Landscape, Snow, Snow landscape, Snowscape, Trees, Winter
A few days ago we had a big snowfall overnight and it was so exciting to wake up to snow laden trees and sunshine :-)I went to an area walkable to us it was so quiet and we made the first snow tracks of the day, it was beautiful.To be able to to paint that was such a...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 5, 2019 | Hampshire, Landscape, Snow, Snow landscape, Snowscape, Trees
I drove for over an hour trying to find a subject, not easy seeing over the hedge rows and being able to park safely when there’s snow on the roads. Really pleased to find this winding stream in the Meon Valley. I adapted the composition a little by making the...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 4, 2019 | Landscape, Snow, Snow landscape, Sunrise, Trees
Painted en plein air just before the sun came up, I’ve done this subject before in 2017, very paintable!
by Clare Bowen | Feb 2, 2019 | Devils Punch Bowl, English Landscape, Landscape, Pastels, Sky, Snow, Snow landscape, Sunrise, Trees
Just after sunrise when there’s still a bit of colour in the sky but no direct light on the scene. It was a few days ago -8 with wind chill, bitter but worth it 🙂 Reminds me of Farrow and Ball colours! Lots of mixed greys – warm and cool. More snow...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 8, 2019 | English Landscape, Shadows, Snow, Snow landscape, Trees
‘The Edge of Winter’ 40x50cm Oil on canvasI have been thinking about my blog and have want to change the format of my posts. At the moment I post every painting I do and have done that for 3 years. What I propose now is posting less often possibly...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 30, 2018 | 2018, Artist Life, Award, Competition, Landscape, Snow landscape, Studio, Venice
My favourite paintings of the yearI wanted to write a summary of this years happenings….I have completed a whopping 160 paintings (not including the duffers and wipe offs!) quite a few more than last year – mainly because of the Venice trip. And it’s...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 24, 2018 | Christmas, English Landscape, Landscape, Snow, Snow landscape, Winter
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and A Happy & Creative New Year! I painted this intending it to be my Christmas card this year but after proofing it twice at the printers to get the colours correct I ran out of time! It’s from a photograph...
