by Clare Bowen | May 19, 2016 | 5x7", Food, Red, Still Life, Vegetable
I wanted this to be well observed but painterly. Rich complementary colours go well together. One for my students to try :-)The title I did want to call it was: ‘I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine’, but it seamed a bit of a mouthful! When I...
by Clare Bowen | May 4, 2016 | 5x7", Vegetable
I put a strong spot light to the side which gives a blue-violet shadow for half of the garlic, it also accentuates the bulbous shape. I painted in a really dark background mixing a blue-black and brown-black with the 3 primary colours. It felt quite scary putting...
by Clare Bowen | Apr 6, 2016 | Pink, Purple, Still Life, Vegetable
This is the second time I have painted an aubergine, the first was back in January. I thought it would be a good subject for my students to try as it is very dark in tone but richly coloured and very shiny as well. I enjoyed painting it I hope they will too...
by Clare Bowen | Apr 5, 2016 | 5x7", Green, Red, Still Life, Vegetable
I am pleased with the vibrancy of the greens and reds. The colour charts I made last week were helpful in the colour choices and mixing.This painting is an aid my students when they will tackle a courgette next half term. I enjoyed painting the different greens...
by Clare Bowen | Mar 16, 2016 | Small, Square, Still Life, Vegetable
These paintings are an aid for my students in next weeks class. They will be painting mushrooms and practise mixing greys and browns from the 3 primary colours – Red, Yellow & Blue and focusing on tone, the light and shade of an object.They were a good...
by Clare Bowen | Mar 9, 2016 | Green, Red, Square, Still Life, Vegetable
This one is for my students and our class next week. We’ll be working on Complementary colours of Red-Violet and Yellow-Green they go together well and tone (light & dark) in colour.I peeled one layer off the onion to revel a shiney richer surface. I like...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 23, 2016 | Blue, Orange, Square, Still Life, Vegetable
A different style composition. I enjoyed painting with these colours, it feels like I’ve brought a little taste of the Mediterranean into my winter studio! I worked on getting the undulations of the pepper sides without just putting a line down to...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 22, 2016 | Orange, Red, Square, Still Life, Vegetable, Yellow
I took an overhead view as I wanted to see the shape of the peppers. I lit it from behind so the shadows were towards me. When I first started the daily painting I hadn’t really done still lifes before and two elemements I found the hardest were composition...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 9, 2016 | 6x8", Purple, Still Life, Vegetable
The composition was set up with the aubergine and coloured papers, I then moved myself around to find a good viewpoint and height.I looked through my viewfinder to draw with a paint brush onto the board.Althought he aubergine is very dark in tone I worked on...
by Clare Bowen | Jan 6, 2016 | Square, Still Life, Vegetable
I went for a square format and bigger size than previous daily paintings.I raised my subject a lot higher as I like the onion roots. (see photo no.2)I also thought more about the composition and placed colour paper under the onion to make nice shapes, which also toned...
