Clare’s Bio

Clare Bowen is a British plein air artist. Her style is contemporary impressionist and she portrays her subjects through her love of light and colour. She earned an HND in Fine Art & Illustration at Portsmouth Art School in 1992.  Clare’s work has been selected for many London exhibitions including the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and The Royal Society of Marine Artists. She has won numerous awards such as The Artist prize and The Royal Talens and regularly writes for the UK Artist Magazine.
​Clare is a qualified teacher and is experienced in teaching all levels of oil painting both in her studio and en plein air. Her passion for painting shines through when delivering workshops and in her own paintings too.

Painting the Low Country  – ‘En Plein Air’

Workshop Content

Clare will take you through each stage of creating a plein air painting, from choosing a subject right through to completion with demonstrations and plenty of encouragement and guidance.

Some of the key areas the workshop will include: Dynamic compositions, tonal values and colour mixing, soft and hard edges, loose and fresh brush work and how to make everything relate and harmonise in your painting. Clare will also supply and demonstrate some special tips and tools which she will give out during the retreat.
There will be practical help with plein air & painting equipment. At the end of Clare’s four day retreat students will come away with a greater understanding and experience of how to approach a plein air painting from start to finish plus the next steps required for their own plein air journey. Clare delivers an informative yet relaxed retreat. She is friendly and enthusiastic and has a lot to share from her years of being an artist.

$1850 all inclusive retreat

​Includes oil instruction, all meals & fine wine and accommodation
​Thursday, Nov 12 at 2PM – Sunday, Nov 15 at 4PM
​A $450 deposit is due upon reservation.

Should COVID-19 or an unforeseen emergency keep us from having the retreat
on the scheduled dates, reschedule dates will be set and your payment will be transferred to that retreat.
If you’re unable to come to the rescheduled retreat, you’ll be reimbursed 100%
on your payment on day one of the new retreat.
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​Email Fallon at
fallon@fallonpeper.com to reserve your spot and submit your $450 deposit via Venmo or PayPal
​Limited to 8 students

www.fallonpepper.com

This is what I currently use plein air painting but can be applied to studio too.

Open Box M (USA)11×14″ Pochade

Manfrotto Be Free Tripod

Bamboo Brush Roll (to carry the brushes) by Rosemary & Co

Rosemary and co brushes: Ultimate Bristle Short & Long Flats

Pro Arte Brushes: Round

Oil Paint Colours: Titanium White, Warm White, Naples Yellow light, Lemon Yellow, Cadmium yellow, Cadmium Yellow Deep, Yellow Ochre, Scarlet Red, Permanent Rose, Viridian Green, Cerulean Blue, Kings Blue Deep, Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber.

Palette Garage (USA) to transport paint and rests on palette of pochade

Artists Turpentine

Kitchen roll

Homemade MDF Boards 2-3mm panels 3 coasts gesso, Jacksons linen fine boards, or Linen canvas

Raymar Wet Panel holder (USA) or Matchsticks stuck on same size board and taped together.

Umbrella for rain and sun

Apron

 

BOOKS

Some of my favourite Art Books that I return to time and again…Listed from top left in photo:

Edward Seago by Ron Ranson, Daily Painting – Carol Marine, Monet & Architecture – Richard Thomson, Carlsons Guide to Landscape Painting – JF Carlson, Ken Howard – Inspired by Light,London by Pete Brown, Learning to Paint – Bernard Dunstan, Alfred Sisley – Vivienne Couldrey, Tom Thomson The Silence & The Storm – David Silcox & Harold Town, Sargent Portraits of Artists & Friends – Richard Ormond, The Big Book of Oil Painting – J.M Parramon,  Alla Prima 11 – Richard Schmid, Sorolla Spanish Master of Light – Gabriele Finaldi, Javier Barón Thaidigsmann, The Artist’s Way – Julia Cameron

WEBSITES, BLOGS, SHOPS

These are a small selection of art connected sites I have used and find helpful in my day to day art living….

Rosemary & Co Brushes – Good range of quality brushes great customer service.

Open Box M – reliable, light weight plein air equipment

Jacksons Art – all round art shop with huge stock and some discounts.

Painters online – art forum and websites connected to The Artist & Hobby Artist Magazines

Mall Galleries – Gallery on the Mall in London open entry competitions eg Royal Institute of Oil Painter (ROI)

National Gallery – on Trafalgar Square, London

Making a Mark – A top art blog by Katherine Tyrell, since 2005, lots of resources

Cass Art – London based art shop

Great Art – Part of Gerstaecker, a German company supplying art materials, canvases especially good

Vimeo – for art videos