by Clare Bowen | Sep 20, 2019 | Boats, Seascape, Venice
Wow I made it to 500 posts!! It also happens to be my 5th year wedding anniversary today too 🙂 A great place to spend it in in Venice. Not an easy boat to paint especially during a fleeting sunrise, focused & fast painting, capturing the light as it changed from...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 19, 2019 | Boats, Seascape, Venice
A quiet weather morning. Up early waiting for sunrise which didn’t happen due to cloud cover, it was surprisingly colourful though and enjoyed painting the soft light.
by Clare Bowen | Sep 18, 2019 | Nocturne, Seascape, Venice
The same evening as Venice 12 I waited for the moon to rise and the sun to set. I noticed the low moon is warmer and with small dazzles and higher moons creates brighter larger sparkles. The moon I painted was fairly low. I needed my lighting gear as I wouldn’t...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 18, 2019 | Seascape, Sunset, Venice
Sunset but looking away from the sun for a change, which is much more subtle and enjoyed the colours shifting and warm glow of light. Sometimes it’s hard to know when to commit to a colour scheme as once you put the colours of the sky in then that’s its...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 16, 2019 | Boats, Seascape, Venice
Went back to the same spot the next day and painted it in the morning with the sun shining on the side of the building and the light reflecting down into the water.
by Clare Bowen | Sep 16, 2019 | Boats, Seascape, Venice
Maria Della Salute from the Vaperetto stop (boat bus.) Close up of this beautiful building and the gondola ride station is right next to us. The sounds of the gondoliers shouting to each other and an overhead rescue helicopter made the paint a noisy one! The...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 15, 2019 | Seascape, Sunset, Venice
Fitting the sweep of the city in one painting from Maria Della Salute to the Campanile tower in St Marks. Painting the shapes of the buildings in and then waiting for the sun to come and deciding at which point to stick it in. This sun is quite low just as it’s...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 15, 2019 | Seascape, Venice
Monets spot – a place where Monet produced some beautiful paintings and in present day where the bin boat moors and rubbish men assemble! I find it such a tricky subject as it’s busy and tough to get all the elements working. Simpler when its contra jour...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 14, 2019 | Cityscape, St Marks Square, Venice
Bascilica, St Marks Square 10×12″ Third attempt at this beautiful building, each year I have a go at it and don’t like the result but this time I’m happy! I took a slice instead of painting the whole thing and simplified the shapes. Keeping the...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 14, 2019 | Seascape, Venice
A resisted spot from last year, only room for two to paint there as its on the vaperetto stop. I like it because it’s closer than the painting I posted before which was done from the Arsenele. There’s always lots of boat and gondola activity, and the...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 13, 2019 | Seascape, Venice
Who can beat sparkles? Low sun over the Maria Della Salute, Grand Canal. You can only glance up through squinted eyes as it’s so bright coming off the water. The challenge is to get the sparkles looking lighter and brighter in tone than everything else. The...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 12, 2019 | Seascape, St Marks Square, Venice
Revisited this subject 4th time now, this is on a 11×14″ board. Went in closer to the arches, solid shapes and curves. Subdued light but enough to reflect onto the ground.
by Clare Bowen | Sep 10, 2019 | Academia Bridge, Grand Canal, Seascape, Venice
Posted in order of finishing not necessarily in chronological order! This is probably my 20th or so painting of this view from Accademia Bridge. But I haven’t painted it like this before – its always different – size/shape of board, weather, time of...
by Clare Bowen | Sep 9, 2019 | Seascape, Venice
My first paint in Venice, blessed with sunshine and water sparkles! Enjoying the company of artist friends Sally Balick and Emma Perring who are staying with me on the first week of this 3 week trip. Felt a bit nervous being back, higher expectations than last year on...
by Clare Bowen | Feb 16, 2019 | Grand Canal, Impressionist, Italy, Sky, Sunrise, The Grand Canal, Venice
One for my exhibition, an idea taken from a small 8×10 plein air did in Venice September last year. I loved the building on the right with the light shining on it. I took a risk with the wooden poles, quite dominant structures but it gives depth and a sense of...
