11X14 oil on canvas I finished this sweet couples portrait. These are my friends parents. My friend commissioned me to paint this portrait for her parents for their 50th anniversary. She loves how it turned out. Since taking this picture I did a little more work on his hand. In the photo I was workingContinue reading “Anniversary Portrait”
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Morning Run
22X22″ oil on canvas I finished Morning Run today. All’s right in my world. I was lucky to get this shot last month while I was running with my group. The hills were green, the air was clear, the light was beautiful, the runners and dogs were all in frame. All the dogs but one,Continue reading “Morning Run”
Another Work in Progress
Here’s another piece I’m working on. This is a portrait of my friends parents. She asked me to paint it for them for their anniversary. My daughter painted the underpainting in oil of yellow ochre/burnt sienna (I think). She is always dying to help me, she also wrote “Hi Mom” on there. You can justContinue reading “Another Work in Progress”
Runners WIP
I painted in the rest of the figures, the dogs, and plugged in the landscape. The dogs are 2 beautiful golden retrievers that are brother and sister, and can you see the little vizsla zipping ahead off trail? That’s Penny, she stayed with us last weekend so we could “try out” a dog and weContinue reading “Runners WIP”
Katie Peak
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”
Boise Foothills and Runners
I started on my Foothills and Runners painting today. This one is already a fun one to paint and I am looking forward to working on it more. The composition is such that I can feel myself in their space, but then again, I was in their space right behind them taking the picture. When IContinue reading “Boise Foothills and Runners”
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”
Jill Millward Artwork 