by Clare Bowen | Apr 11, 2016 | Fruit, Square, Still Life
Pomegranates seam to be a popular ‘daily painting’ subject, this is my first attempt at one. I can see why they are painted as the shape is good with the fronds at the top and lots of colours with a good sheen. I thought I’d try a more...
by Clare Bowen | Apr 7, 2016 | Cake, Red, Rose, Square, Still Life
I was given this cute cupcake by Mirabelle Cafe in Haslemere. I painted one of theirs before and thought I’d have another go. Some tough elements like getting the swirls of buttercream icing right and the red paper case. The background is often harder than...
by Clare Bowen | Apr 6, 2016 | Pink, Purple, Still Life, Vegetable
This is the second time I have painted an aubergine, the first was back in January. I thought it would be a good subject for my students to try as it is very dark in tone but richly coloured and very shiny as well. I enjoyed painting it I hope they will too...
by Clare Bowen | Apr 5, 2016 | 5x7", Green, Red, Still Life, Vegetable
I am pleased with the vibrancy of the greens and reds. The colour charts I made last week were helpful in the colour choices and mixing.This painting is an aid my students when they will tackle a courgette next half term. I enjoyed painting the different greens...
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 | Mar 16, 2016 | Small, Square, Still Life, Vegetable
These paintings are an aid for my students in next weeks class. They will be painting mushrooms and practise mixing greys and browns from the 3 primary colours – Red, Yellow & Blue and focusing on tone, the light and shade of an object.They were a good...
by Clare Bowen | Mar 11, 2016 | China, Pots, Pottery, Square, Still Life, Turquoise
I love these colours! I decided to harmonise with a similar colour background. The composition isn’t one I usually do from above, I will experiment from the side view too. I used a colour I haven’t tried before ‘Phthalo Blue’ a very strong...
by Clare Bowen | Mar 9, 2016 | Green, Red, Square, Still Life, Vegetable
This one is for my students and our class next week. We’ll be working on Complementary colours of Red-Violet and Yellow-Green they go together well and tone (light & dark) in colour.I peeled one layer off the onion to revel a shiney richer surface. I like...
by Clare Bowen | Mar 2, 2016 | Pink, Shoes, Square, Still Life
I enjoyed painting these shoes. Although I felt a little daunted in the beginning as I have not painted shoes before but I just broke them down into shapes and didn’t think of them as shoes! And then as I’m painting the shoes appear – and...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 28, 2016 | Green, Jug, Purple, Small, Still Life
With each painting I do I try and challenge myself, whether it is with composition, colour, being outside…today I decided to do my first pattern on my subject. There was a pattern on the bottle but I took it sa a starting point. I painted the pattern first (so...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 26, 2016 | Blue, Jug, Square, Still Life
I found these jugs in a charity shop yesterday. A great find as they were all small and complemented each other in their blues and creams, I like the varied shapes as well. I kept the colour palette limited to give it harmony. I also painted a ground colour using...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 22, 2016 | Square, Still Life, Teapot
A tough subject, I usually don’t have trouble mixing a colour, in this painting I mixed lots of options as there are many colours that make up this old teapot.The oxidation on the base of the pot gave me the the colour idea for the background. The shape of...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 20, 2016 | Jug, Small, Square, Still Life
I have had the ‘lurgy’ the past few days, bad cold and cough with no painting. So it’s good to get back to it today.I like the shape of this little jug, reminds of something in the Dutch masters time – Vermeer, ‘Girl with the Pearl...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 16, 2016 | Fruit, Green, Harmonious Colours, Square, Still Life
One for my students, we will work on planes (surfaces) of a subject and harmonious colours. It was surprising how yellow the pear was, you think a pear is green so to truly see it I cut out a little hole in a piece of paper and looked at the pear, this isolates...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 15, 2016 | 5x7", Flower, Flowers, Purple, Still Life
These flowers were in my bouquet I had on for Valentines day :-)I like the wispy delicate buds and rich deep flower heads. I had a go at drawing it before thinking it would work as a coloured drawing. But the colours were so wishy washy compared to oils I had to then...
