by Clare Bowen | Jan 28, 2016 | Flower, Green, Iris, Purple, Small, Square, Yellow
It was good to try the iris again, a close up small painting. Easier to focus on the colours and tones when there is just a single flower. I had ‘learnt’ the subject yesterday so it was familiar today and therefore a lot easier. I enjoyed using the rich...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 24, 2016 | Fruit, Green, Red, Small, Square, Still Life
This a the smallest painting I have ever done. And it caused me quite a lot of angst! The aim was to make the brush strokes as loose and confident as I could, without going back and fussing it. The hard bit is to describe the shape and details without loosing the...
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...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 18, 2016 | China, Fruit, Green, Red, Square, Still Life
It takes a while to set up a still life I’m happy with, up to about half an hour of changing objects, moving them around, and different eye levels, and then what size and shape board to paint on.This painting I’m looking down on the subject, which...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 16, 2016 | China, Cup, Oil Course, Square, Still Life, White
I painted this as an aid for my students for our oil painting class next week.Using brown and blue – (Burnt Sienna & Ultramarine) mixed together makes wonderful colourful greys.We will be working on a loose style and a thin application of paint.
by Clare Bowen | Jan 12, 2016 | Fruit, Green, Light Box, Oil Course, Red, Square, Still Life
I have been teaching Oil Painting this morning, so it was good to be able to start and finish a painting in the afternoon!My husband and I built a Light Box (Similar to Carol Marines Shadowbox) which is to display my still life objects within. I can control the light...
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.
by Clare Bowen | Jan 8, 2016 | Fruit, Green, Square, Still Life, Yellow
I wanted a citrus feel, with fresh colours and loosely applied paint.I enjoyed painting two objects together and also got excited about the colours.I can see how painting still lifes could be addictive as you can choose what wonderful colours to...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 6, 2016 | Square, Still Life, Vegetable
I went for a square format and bigger size than previous daily paintings.I raised my subject a lot higher as I like the onion roots. (see photo no.2)I also thought more about the composition and placed colour paper under the onion to make nice shapes, which also toned...
