by Clare Bowen | Sep 13, 2018 | Purple, San Giorgio Maggiore, Sunrise, Venice
I did this one straight after the previous painting. The sun just popping up over the horizon.A longer format to get the sun and building in.Soft misty light not so much colour as pre dawn.
by Clare Bowen | Sep 13, 2018 | San Giorgio Maggiore, Sunrise, Venice
Early morning rich colours strong silhouetted shapeIridescent waterBefore the sun came up.
by Clare Bowen | Sep 11, 2018 | Palette Knife, San Giorgio Maggiore, Sunrise, The Grand Canal, Venice, Video
I faffed with the set up for the video getting it all my easel in and the subject behind it.The painting took 40mins the video is 37 seconds…I was there first at 6am and then there were 5 photographers, a meditation sitter, tourist with selfie stick and a...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 10, 2018 | Accademia Bridge, Grand Canal, Maria Della Salute, Sunrise, Venice
Another gorgeous dawn paint plus a quick painting thrown in too!I spoke to artist ken Howard as he was on the bridge he saw my finished painting and made a positive remark about it. (I went home smiling!) He also said the Italian police are now being kind to artists...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 7, 2018 | Boats, Grand Canal, Maria Della Salute, Sunrise, Venice
Did painting no.367 then immediately wanted to paint the scene again as the light was gorgeous! I moved off the bridge but just next to it in a cafe space. I’d just started mapping in when the guy said you have 30 minutes until you need to move…So I...
by Clare Bowen | Apr 6, 2018 | Albert Bridge, Boats, London, Reflection, Sunrise, The Thames
I saw this scene last week on the Thames, it was quite magical! But I couldn’t paint in plein air as the sun was too bright off the water – I couldn’t see the subject!I did start a painting see below but when I went to work on it in the studio...
by Clare Bowen | Mar 31, 2018 | Albert Bridge, Artist Life, Buildings, Cityscape, London, Sunrise, The Thames
An artist mind and attitude has so much to do with painting as their body! It can really get in the way sometimes. On Thursday I went to London I had prepped a lot the night before to make me feel ready and have some sort of plan. The last time I went to London I...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 19, 2017 | Devils Punch Bowl, Landscape, Sunrise, Surrey
A very tricky subject, as the composition is minimal, you have to make more of it than is actually there! The mist rolled up the hill at the end which changed it as well.When I got it back to the studio it was one of those that was disappointing, it didn’t...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 2, 2017 | Bosham, exhibition, London, ROI, Sunrise, West Sussex
I had seen this view passing in the car so it was a bonus it was so gorgeous. I was surprised to see over 30 swans nestling in the sea grass, cleaning and having breaky, it was quite a sight!A very cold start, the sun rose to the left of the picture and the...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 23, 2017 | Dorset, Seascape, Sunrise, Sunset
I wasn’t sure about posting this one as the easel fell over (it was on a slanted harbour wall – The Cobb) and the painting came off the easel and all the solvent spilt onto the painting! This is a photo of it before it was ruined, but thought I’d...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 7, 2017 | Boats, Emsworth, Fishing Boat, Hampshire, Harbour, Seascape, Sunrise
This scene didn’t look that inspiring when I started the painting but knew it would get better as the sun rose. I liked the jaunty angle of the boat and part reflection obscured by the mud. It wasn’t long before the tide rolled in and the boat was...
by Clare Bowen | Nov 1, 2017 | Beach, Beer Devon, Devon, Sky, Sunrise
I thought the sunrise was going to be a bit of a damp squib. So I had started another painting of the fishing boats but without the light it wasn’t working so when the flash of orange appeared I picked up my easel and almost ran to the edge of the beach! Then...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 31, 2017 | Beach, Beer Devon, Blue, Oil Sketch, Panoramic, Sea, Seascape, Sunrise
I really like the shapes of the boats and the morning activity when the fisherman are loading up ready for day on the water.It needed fast painting as there was little time between the sun coming up and the boats disappearing over the edge of shingle. They are pushed...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 29, 2017 | Beach, Beer Devon, Boats, Fishing Boat, Sea, Seascape, Sunrise
We were up each morning for sunrise, this was the first. With fast painting to get the colours and shapes of the clouds down before they changed. And a bonus to have a little fishing boat puttering into my scene, I put it in without too much detail just general...
by Clare Bowen | Oct 22, 2017 | Blue, San Giorgio Venice, Seascape, Sunrise, Venice
This was the second painting I did of this sunrise and the final ‘en plein air’ painting in Venice.I mapped out the building shape and high horizon line before the sun came up. The portrait format helps to showcase the lovely light on the water. I...
