by Clare Bowen | Mar 6, 2018 | Bramshott Common, Hampshire, Landscape, Snow, Trees
I started this when it was a blizzard, the ice crystals landing on my board and palette congealing into little snow balls! I struggled on but the conditions weren’t conducive to say the least! I went back the next morning and decided to start...
by Clare Bowen | Mar 5, 2018 | Bramshott Common, Hampshire, Landscape, Snow, Trees, Winter
I started this by at 8am because I knew the heavy snowfall was due. I have painted this scene before back in 2016 when there was a light dusting and the path still visible. The shape of the foreground tree I emphasised with light and dark contrasts, as I liked...
by Clare Bowen | Mar 3, 2018 | Bramshott Common, Gate, Landscape, Snow, Trees, Winter
It’s been a while since I posted, returning from Devon I painted 3 or 4 that I either haven’t finished or don’t like! And now the past couple of days I’ve done 3 snow paintings here’s the first…..Painted this morning I’ve been...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 31, 2018 | Buildings, Lake, Landscape, Reflection, Surrey, Trees, Winter
I completed this oil sketch in one hour this afternoon. The sun was out for about 20 minutes when I started which was a bonus as it looked so much better with the light on the trees. Squinting my eyes I could see quite a difference with the lower foliage being in...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 22, 2018 | Devils Punch Bowl, Landscape, Snow, Surrey, Trees
I didn’t know we were due snow, so Sunday morning was quite exciting! I dropped everything to get out and paint at the highest point in our area – The Punch Bowl. I was drawn to these trees because of the shapes and the snow on them and the feeling of...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 29, 2017 | Landscape, Sheep, Snow, Surrey, Trees
This was my third time painting this view (from our back garden) and I felt brave enough to have a go with a larger board (my biggest to date outside.) I had no idea whether it would work out, but having ‘learnt the subject’ and feeling comfortable...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 28, 2017 | Bramshott Common, Landscape, Snow, Surrey, Trees
We had heavy snow yesterday and it was carnage outside our house, we are on a hill and cars were slipping, sliding and crashing into each other, and then abandoned. Quite a sight!Plus 40mile hour gusts made blizzard conditions. So I wrapped up in many layers – 3...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 17, 2017 | Landscape, Snow, Sunset, Surrey, Trees
I have been distracted with Christmas preps so haven’t posted the last of my snow paintings from the beginning of the week.Across the road from us we have Bramshott Common with lots of Silver Birches, I have found it difficult to find a composition I like in the...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 14, 2017 | Field, Landscape, Sheep, Snow, Surrey, Trees
Second painting from the back garden this time quite different weather being a sunny and crisp morning with long purple shadows on the snow. The shadows went surprisingly quickly which meant there was no time for mixing. I used some of the paint on my...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 12, 2017 | Bramshott Common, Landscape, Snow, Surrey, Trees, Winter
Really tough painting conditions. Snowing, windy and bitter cold. Snow on the land makes it magical and I didn’t want to miss the opportunity so I wrapped myself up in two of everything- trousers, coats, scarfs, socks…! Even a new fleece balaclava, allowed...
by Clare Bowen | Dec 11, 2017 | Contra Jour, Cows, Frost, Landscape, Oils, Trees, Trundle, West Sussex
I’m a bit behind with posting as I have three to put on, two snow paintings and this frosty one.Took artist friend Sarah Manolescue for the first time to the Trundle. It was a gorgeous morning and she was wowed! I moved so I could get the sparkle on the sea in...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 21, 2017 | Cows, Green, Landscape, Sky, Somerset, Trees
Somerset levels are quite flat and low level so the skies are amazing, dramatic and endless. Could paint them all day! A group of us liked this subject because when we arrived the light was behind the trees – contra jour and the cattle were standing with a...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 22, 2017 | Beach, Contra Jour, Sea, Seascape, Sky, Spain, Trees
This was a tough painting! I started in the shade of the palms but as the sun rose I was exposed! Very hot and bright even my phone over heated and temporarily wouldn’t work!The composition was tricky as there were a lot of palms all in lines, I moved...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 7, 2017 | Boats, Landscape, River Wey, Surrey, Trees
I painted with the Surrey Hills Plein air painters on Friday, a nice spot, near the lock at Ripley. A tricky subject with lots of greens and the boat end obscured by the grasses. Sometimes paintings work from the beginning, others like this painting I was 3/4...
by Clare Bowen | Jul 12, 2017 | Boats, Easel, Hampshire, Seascape, Trees
This is a view from my Mums flat in Southsea – Portsmouth. I painted on the balcony, 7 floors up. The common grass area is already dry and burnt from the sun we’ve been having. The building is Southsea Castle (built in 1544) and the light house...
