8X10 oil on canvas I was too busy to paint yesterday, there are days like that. The end of the school year keeps us all hopping. I finished this little foothills painting last month but never posted the finished piece. This one is very similar to my other foothill painting that I donated to the school artContinue reading “Katie Peak”
Category Archives: Landscape
New Painting
Hi friends! I am so happy to say that I completely finished the Maine beach scene and my client (I don’t like that word, but what else works?) came by my studio and loved it and said that each kid looks like themselves. She is picking it up on Tuesday to take it to theContinue reading “New Painting”
Figure 8!
There she is, the last kid to get a face. She was the first to get a suit. You may have noticed that in the original drawing she was wearing a string bikini, but since this is a painting for her grandparents, we decided to put a one piece on her. This girl is tall,Continue reading “Figure 8!”
Figure 1 has a face now
Hooray! This buff little guy has a face now! He was the first figure I painted in, you might remember, and I got to his face and made a few attempts at it but didn’t know what direction to take with all their faces. So I moved on from him. Now I’ve come back andContinue reading “Figure 1 has a face now”
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”
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”
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”
Jill Millward Artwork 