Painting – Page 9 – Jill Millward Artwork

Progress

I made some progress on these 2 paintings today. Progress. But I was practically lying on the floor moaning about the double portrait during class today. Everyone just ignores my drama. The portrait is starting to come together, but it has been a big fight. I calmed down the red at the bottom of the bigContinue reading “Progress”

Big Landscape

I have been toying around with my big Boise Foothills landscape. I’ve decided to work on it a little bit each day over a month or so and just see where it goes. There is a red section at the bottom that I’m not in love with so in this photo I cropped it outContinue reading “Big Landscape”

Double Portrait

I have been chasing this kids face all over the place. Today I just focused on his eyes to try to get them in the right place and to have the right shape. Not sure why this one has been so tricky, but it has been. Gratefully he no longer looks like Michael Jackson,Continue reading “Double Portrait”

Boise Foothills

Today I went out into the foothills and painted these 4 little 4×4″ plein air paintings. It’s starting to warm up a little and the grass is starting to turn green. I pretended that it’s already really green in the hills and painted the grass green.

Sketching

I’m sketching while listening to my kids piano lessons.

Still here

I didn’t post anything yesterday because I had just started this portrait and it took a while for it to look even a little bit ok. This is a cropped in version, and I kinda like it this way. But the real thing has both boys faces. This is a portrait of 2 brothers. TheContinue reading “Still here”

A fun start

48X36 oil on canvas I sketched this in today and I’m going to let it dry before working on it again. I have been itching to move away from realism, but at the same time want to paint certain subject matter, like landscape and figures, without getting caught up in trying to represent exactly whatContinue reading “A fun start”

Art in the Bar Show

Thanks for your nice comments and encouragement about the show today. In my opinion it was a great success. A lot of people came through, I met a bunch of great people, learned some things, and sold some of my work. I got a lot of kind feedback. You can’t ask for too much moreContinue reading “Art in the Bar Show”

Surreal Rabbit

This one looks a little better in person than in the photo. I sat down today in front of a little 5″ white canvas with nothing in mind about what to paint, other than I’m on a rabbit streak, and this happened. I think it’s fun. Tomorrow I’m showing my work at a local artContinue reading “Surreal Rabbit”