Jill Millward Artwork

Little Faces

I (we) decided to turn Maggie’s head so that she could have her portrait painted too. We thought she might feel left out if everyone else had their faces painted. I also gave the guy in blue some simple features. I turned another head to paint her portrait too. It was hard, but hopefully everyoneContinue reading “Little Faces”

Figures 5, 6, and 7

I’m still working out a few things with the figure in the back, but she’s close. The girl in the middle in the blue suit is by far my favorite figure in the bunch. The little one in purple in front with her dress stretched across her knees is also nice, but I love theContinue reading “Figures 5, 6, and 7”

The Work of Sammy Millward!

I’ve spotlighted the work of my 2 other kids, today it’s Sammy’s turn. Hold on to your seat, Sammy is an awesome dude. Sammy’s style is different than Ethans, and Eowyns style is different than the boys. Sammy has always drawn incredible little drawings seemingly without looking or paying attention. He would wow his preschoolContinue reading “The Work of Sammy Millward!”

My favorite tool

I thought I’d share with you my favorite tool for figure drawing. It’s that little measuring thing. I don’t know what it’s called. I find a part of the figure, like her head, and measure it and then scale everything to it. I fought with this gals left arm because I didn’t measure it quiteContinue reading “My favorite tool”

Plein Air

12X12 oil on panel Today I went to a plein air painting class but it rained and rained so we decided to stay inside and paint still life. This is mine from today, I gave it to my friend that hosted at her house.

Figures 2, 3,and 4

I started on these 3 kids today. They are cousins digging for clams on a beach in Maine. I feel like it’s a good first pass. I see the little guy in orange still needs hands. I’ve decided to turn the heads of most of the kids so it’s less posed and more of aContinue reading “Figures 2, 3,and 4”

Figure 1

I started my first kid crawling around on the beach digging for clams. I’ve reached the point in this painting where I feel like I might have a breakdown over it. It happens every time at some point with every painting. I panic and think, holy crap this doesn’t look like anything but crap. ThenContinue reading “Figure 1”

Bridge, Maine, Musicians, Sisters

Looks like it’s show and tell day, I may have gotten carried away… This is a painting I started around the same time I did the other Golden Gate Bridge painting, I still haven’t finished it. It’s almost done, but you will see I have 5 more cars to paint in and the road. I’ve foundContinue reading “Bridge, Maine, Musicians, Sisters”

The work of Will Humphreys!

Originally posted on Will's Art:
Here’s where I’m at so far. First oil layer is on. Last post for this painting until I finish it completely.

Cupcake Still Life

5X7 oil on canvas Around the time I did the Thiebaud style Dress still life painting, I also did a few little cupcake paintings. It was all sometime early 2015 and I was working on finding my thing. Here are a few Wayne Thiebaud paintings I love. Back in college I borrowed from the artContinue reading “Cupcake Still Life”