Author Archives: Jill Millward Artwork

I finished Cade’s portrait yesterday and am happy with how he turned out.  I painted his portrait in a looser style than I did his sisters because I thought the less finessed bolder brushstrokes would look more masculine.  Cade has beautiful eyes in real life, very light blue/green.  He has a quiet and kind personality andContinue reading “Cade”

Last year my little sister Sara built a house.  She and her husband designed it and my mother and her crew helped build it.  My mother is a general contractor, among other things.  It’s a cool house, sort of industrial looking with all white walls,  and wood, metal, and concrete.  Sara was worried that itContinue reading “Huge Pears”

He’s getting there.  Yesterday I worked on his blue sweatshirt and the background.  Both came right together and they are done.  Yahoo.  I’ll let this guy dry and then come back and give the skin and features another pass.  But I am really happy with how he is coming along.  Especially his neck and sweatshirt.Continue reading “My Guy Portrait #2”

Here’s the progress I made on my guy yesterday.  He’s not my guy, he’s my friends son, I could be his mother. I think I mentioned in my last post about him when he was just a line drawing that I was nervous for this portrait.  I’m not nervous about painting girls and boys, butContinue reading “My Guy Portrait #1”

I’ve decided to zero in on portraits.  I started going in every direction with painting but my real interest for now is painting portraits and figures.  Maybe next year I will tackle the still life. I painted a portrait of this beautiful 13 year old girl.  I wanted to paint her portrait because I like her andContinue reading “Sonrisa”

I’m starting a new portrait today.  This one is of a 20 year old guy, so I’m moving into new territory.  I have painted a few portraits of boys, the oldest being a 15 year old.  But 20 year olds look like men not boys.  Boys still have that pretty look that girls have andContinue reading “New Portrait”

8X10 I painted this little gals portrait at the end of last year.  Throughout 2015 I painted several portraits but it wasn’t until the end of the year that I felt like portraits were starting to click together.  They are always hard and a leap of faith when starting, but seeing peoples faces come toContinue reading “Portrait #1”

3’X5′ oil on canvas I’ve been working on this Northern California beach scene.  This is a close up of one section.  In the painting there are 6 kids playing on the beach, dragging seaweed out of the water, digging holes, and looking for shells.  I took a bunch of photographs on a beach in FortContinue reading “Kids on Beach”

  2015 art auction project.  Huge quilt. This years project.  First step. There are several of us “art mom’s” working together on our kids class art auction project. Every year I’m involved in coming up with an idea and helping the kids execute the project.  The idea is for the kids to produce something thatContinue reading “School Art Auctions”

Fall Tree 9X12 oil on canvas Fall in these parts is beautiful.  I painted this tree back in November when the leaves still looked like this.  This is one of my favorite trees and I’m pretty sure it’s a favorite of lots of locals.  It’s right on the river along the greenbelt.  It’s huge withContinue reading “Fall Tree”