Charity ‘Pop Up’ Exhibition
by Clare Bowen | Nov 10, 2016 | exhibition, Framed Paintings, Students
Today I did a one day exhibition of my paintings for a friend and student of mine Kim. She held it in her home with a coffee morning in aid of the local cancer hospice (Phyllis Tuckwell.) I took all of Kim’s paintings down and put up mine! They suited her...
Oil Painting Workshop Results
by Clare Bowen | Nov 3, 2016 | Still Life, Students
The first set of paintings were done on Tuesday by my Farnham class, we worked on tonal values using just two colours of Raw Umber and White. We made a strip of 7 graduated tones from light to dark trying to keep each step as even as possible. Squinting eyes to...
Summer Workshop no.2 at Frensham Little Pond
by Clare Bowen | Jul 27, 2016 | Drawing, Students, Surrey, Trees, View, Water
We had a lovely day yesteday at Frensham Little Pond. A good spot to draw although we were lucky it wasn’t raining, the wind was wipping up from the water and quite chilly. My students worked really hard on drawing what they saw, ready to use the...