Jill Millward Artwork

Daily Painting

Here’s today’s flowers. I’m going to scrape the paint off and then bring it back again. I’ve noticed that with flowers the painting takes on a lighter quality when I scrape. Here goes… I’ll bring it back tomorrow.

Soft Flowers

Thank you for the nice comments yesterday. My phone is glitchy so I haven’t had a chance to respond to some of them. Your feedback was encouraging. Here’s today’s flowers. I’m going to let them dry and then decide what I will do to them next. I felt like it was a promising and moreContinue reading “Soft Flowers”

Ranunculus

11X14 oil on canvas Today I went to the florist and bought myself a bouquet to use as a still life. It smells so good. What do you think? Should i keep going down this floral road or stop? Honest feedback is hard to hear but always helpful. I was trying to get out ofContinue reading “Ranunculus”

Cabbage Roses

Such pretty flowers with such a strange name. 8X8″ oil on canvas. This is another study for a piece I’ve been asked to do. Today I used the colors I already had on my canvas from work I was doing on some figures. I only added some green. The family portrait with 7 figures thatContinue reading “Cabbage Roses”

Flowers

4X4″ oil on canvas I got a request/commission for a painting of a boquet of flowers. I painted a bouquet last year but that’s the only one I’ve ever done, so I thought I’d spend a little time working out flowers. I think it will be a fun challenge. I’ll go buy some flowers on MondayContinue reading “Flowers”

🐰

Abstracted Rabbit 4X5″ oil on canvas It’s funny. Sometimes when I paint I will look at an image on my phone as a reference image and then paint on a canvas. But the dimensions of my phone are different than the canvas so things get shortened or elongated. I visually divide my phone image intoContinue reading “🐰”

Facebook

I just created a Jill Millard Artwork Facebook page. Come follow along! I may have set it up correctly. And… I am having this Winter Tree painting framed so I can donate it to my sons high school action fundraiser. It was had to choose which painting to donate. So I had a friendContinue reading “Facebook”

Ballet 3

48X36″ oil on canvas I finished my new ballet painting today. I took this image on a day when parents were invited to sit in and watch the class.

Dog Portrait Commission

My first doggie portrait! I take that back, it’s my 5th. LOL 8X10″ oil on canvas

Better in Black and White

Sometimes paintings look better in black and white, this is for sure one of those cases. I’m going to take a second shot at this one when it dries. I thought I’d share a bit of my Critterscape process. Nothing groundbreaking, I sketch with paint and then paint. I once heard someone say thatContinue reading “Better in Black and White”