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...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 25, 2016 | Glacier, Iceberg, Iceland, Jokulsarlon, Landscape, Studio, Turquoise
We went further around the lagoon and these icebergs jumped out at me, also with the glacier behind.It started spitting but being my final chance to paint in Iceland I grabbed it. Sadly within in 15 minutes it was pouring and I had to blow on my board to clear a patch...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 24, 2016 | Glacier, Iceberg, Iceland, Jokulsarlon, Palette, Pochade, Square, Turquoise
Due to the tides and flow of water the icebergs shift a lot each day some of them end up out of the lagoon and into the sea, so when we returned the next morning (Monday) it looked completely different and I found it harder to find one I liked so I painted a...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 22, 2016 | Glacier, Iceberg, Iceland, Jokulsarlon, Landscape, Turquoise, Water
This was my second painting yesterday and my largest ‘plein air’ to date. Same Iceberg as the morning but different angle and lower down on the lagoon which allowed for a great reflection.I started the same way with thin translucent paint and even let...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 22, 2016 | Blue, Clare painting, Glacier, Iceberg, Iceland, Jokulsarlon, Seascape, Turquoise
Seeing all the icebergs and glaciers have a real wow factor with gorgeous blues and infinite shapes of bergs. Knowing I wanted to paint I felt a bit in awe of the place, where to start, how to paint it all? So I didn’t paint the day we arrived, I needed to...
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...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 20, 2016 | Cliff, Iceland, Rocks, Sea, Seascape, Turquoise, Vik
I stood in front of the church at 8pm, it was my last painting of the day. Being higher up it allowed me to see more of the sea which reflected the evening colours.I put the rocks in first which gave me some structure to work around. – Dark and silhouetted. It...
by Clare Bowen | Aug 2, 2016 | 10x8", Boats, Hampshire, Landscape, Seascape, Sky, Turquoise, View, Water
I was so lucky with the weather and light. The colours were gorgeous, and I loved the contrasted sandy spit with the deep turquoise blue sea behind. I used fast thinly painted strokes to cover the board quickly, then go in with thicker paint over the...
by Clare Bowen | Jun 6, 2016 | Food, Fruit, Red, Square, Still Life, Turquoise
I enjoyed the previous cherry painting so I thought I’d have another go. I haven’t done this in the past as I was scared to try and repeat something that was successful but decided to go for it and I’m pleased with the result. Lush colours and shiny...
by Clare Bowen | May 22, 2016 | 6x8", Food, Fruit, Green, Still Life, Turquoise, Yellow
I enjoyed painting these colours, fresh and clean. I liked the shadows – so much in them, also the harmony of colours and the challenge of a cut in half fruit, first one I’ve tackled! You have to really question what colour is that? And also tone, yellow...
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...
