Spring break (still) day 4. The trees along the coast of Northern California are incredible. I’ve always loved the shapes Monterey Cypress trees twist themselves into to reach out through the fog for every bit of sunlight they can get. I hope to take many more photographs next time we are in CA. Better yet, paintContinue reading “San Francisco-The Presidio”
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Sketch for new painting-Cypress Trees
New sketch, excited to see where this painting goes. Why the red X? Because after sketching I decided to take out the Mercedes SUV. Nothing against that car, it’s just crowding the bottom of the picture and doesn’t “let you into the painting.” OR, maybe I’ll paint this picture with the front car and put a bigContinue reading “Sketch for new painting-Cypress Trees”
Spring Break-Day 4
Any guesses where we went next? I have a few more Spring Break day trips to paint and blog about. After hanging around Ukiah for a couple of days we decided to take a day trip to San Francisco. SF is 100 miles south of Ukiah straight down 101. Growing up I made that trip many times withContinue reading “Spring Break-Day 4”
Can I “reblog” your work? Guest Artist.
Art reblog Tuesday! How about you “like” this post if you wouldn’t mind me reblogging and showing one of your paintings on my blog.?.? It’s not a competition, I just have a nice community of artists growing and I thought I would enjoy sharing, and others would like to see. You know, sharing and supporting oneContinue reading “Can I “reblog” your work? Guest Artist.”
Spring Break-Sunday Dinner
Painting my way through Spring Break. One more about Ukiah! What’s spring break like for you? Do you have a favorite place or people you visit? I’d love to hear your stories/traditions. We seem to have a spring break routine we follow & this year I took more pictures than usual so I can paintContinue reading “Spring Break-Sunday Dinner”
Black and White
Spring Break- Ukiah
Oil on Canvas 8X10 Still chronicling sprig break over here on my little art blog. This has been a mostly fun project for me, and is forcing me to try some things I’ve never done before, for better or worse. This piece I’m posting today is one that I painted last year after Spring Break.Continue reading “Spring Break- Ukiah”
Spring Break-Grandma’s House
18X24 oil on canvas To Grandmothers house we go. I have my posts out of order. We went to my parents place before my sisters, we stayed in Ukiah at my parents house for 5 days and took day trips from there. Just like my sister who lives in a vineyard, my parents live inContinue reading “Spring Break-Grandma’s House”
Spring Break-Ukiah/Redwood Valley
8X8 oil on canvas Remember that I’m painting about my spring break? This is stop #2. After Spending a couple of days in Tahoe at Squaw Valley we went on to Ukiah to visit my family. I was born and raised in Ukiah (Northern California) and my parents and youngest sister still live there. UkiahContinue reading “Spring Break-Ukiah/Redwood Valley”
Spring Break- First Stop
8X8 oil on canvas Over the next week or so I am going to paint pictures of all the places we went over Spring Break. Can you guess where we went first ? On our way to CA to visit family we usually stop and stay the night in Tahoe just to break up the driving.Continue reading “Spring Break- First Stop”
Jill Millward Artwork 