#137 ‘Sunrise, Staithes Beach’ 9.5×12″
by Clare Bowen | Oct 26, 2016 | Boats, Cliff, Harbour, Pastels, Seascape, Staithes, Sunrise
This is the last sunrise from Staithes, I have enjoyed painting at this quiet time of the day and capturing the beautiful colours which are so quick to disappear. I have been experimenting with thicker paint, and not doing an under painting to start, just doing...
#136 Sunrise The Beck, Staithes 9.5×12″
by Clare Bowen | Oct 23, 2016 | Boats, Harbour, Harmonious Colours, Seascape, Sky, Staithes, Sunrise
Another windy morning but lucky with the rain and had some great fluffy clouds. I really enjoyed painting the sky, a real test of observation under limited time.I had to strap my pochard to the railings as the wind would blow it over and difficult to do any detail as...
#135 ‘Sunrise, Staithes Harbour’ 8×10″
by Clare Bowen | Oct 22, 2016 | Boats, Cliff, Harbour, Seascape, Sky, Staithes, Sunrise
Haven’t posted in a few days as I was prepping for an eight day painting trip we are now on. My husband and I are away in North Yorkshire Staithes, a small fishing village I previously visited in the summer. It’s a really inspiring place and everywhere you...
#131 ‘Sunrise, Lyme Regis’ 8×10″
by Clare Bowen | Oct 11, 2016 | Beach, Blue, Landscape, Seascape, Sunrise, Turquoise
This weekend Husband and I had a whistle stop trip to Lyme Regis on the Dorset Coast. We only spent 26 hours there but enough to explore and do 3 paintings :-)This was actually the second painting, I want to revisit the first tomorrow and then post it.Gorgeous, calm...
#125 ‘Sunrise, Frensham Pond’ 8×10″
by Clare Bowen | Sep 22, 2016 | Landscape, Sunrise, Surrey, Trees, Water
An early start, the sunrise came up opposite this view and only just tinged the scene in colours. The pond was very quiet apart from the coots and more hens and occasional dog walker. It such a great way to start the day, next to the water and totally focused on the...
#115 ‘Sunrise Vik, Iceland’ 8×8″
by Clare Bowen | Aug 21, 2016 | Cliff, Iceland, Rocks, Sea, Seascape, Square, Sunrise, Turquoise, Vik
I was back in front of the church looking down on the rocks at 5am for sunrise, which happened a lot faster than sunset the night before. I didn’t have time to paint the rocks in first. Instead I quickly mapped in the shapes and got to work on the sky. The...