She Loves Her Baby

This is my friend, Missy, and her 10 month old baby, Emma. I love the pictures where she's kissing her baby so I wanted to capture the moment for her.

Watercolor 5 x 7 140 lb cold press.

Orchid

"Orchid"6x6 watercolor
I am currently visiting in Southern California partly business but mostly pleasure - the pleasure of being warm, surrounded by food I enjoy and of course friends and family.

I had the opportunity to paint a quick commission for a business which I was pleased to do on my trip. Here is the painting framed and ready for delivery! I think it will be a nice addition to their intimate lobby. It's a business by two sisters. One makes silk orchid arrangements and the other has an orchid nursery.

Happy Easter to our Daily Watercolors artists and readers!

Red Kale

Red Kale, 10 x 12

Original watercolor ACEO painting seascape dinghy, row boat

On eBay.

One of my fav. subjects - the ocean/sealife...

Just listed.
"Rowing out"
ACEO, original watercolor - 2.5x3.5"



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Thanks for looking.

~Jillian

Tom

12 x 16 inches, watercolour, 2009.

A portrait of my dear friend Shirley's handsome youngest son Tom. It was commissioned as a gift for his 18th birthday.

Geranium

Geranium.

Watercolor and black indian ink on Arches 140lbs paper 9 x 12 inches

I alreadyy had a paint that had this green border, I decided to give a brother for the art show, so it won't be alone on the wall.

Daphne

Watercolor and black indian ink on Arches 140lbs paper 9 x 12 inches

Golden Persian Kitten

I can't stand to paint ACEO size all the time. I have to just do it once in awhile. When I do, it's difficult to choose a subject, unless it's individual flowers. I do find that cat portraits make a pretty good ACEO subject, though. And they're fun. This one is a Golden Persian, one of my childhood pets. Her name was Frisky. Pretty original name.

My watercolor blog: http://paintinginwatercolor.blogspot.com

Hummel KIds

This is a portrait commission I just finished. They're so cute. They remind me of Hummel figurines. It measures 12.5 x 15.5 inches painted on Arches 140 lb. Cold Press. The Work In Progress is on my personal blog. ;)

Unusual technique using watercolors & twinkling H2O colors.

Well... this one was FUN!!!!
I've used the technique before, about 8 or 9 years ago, on a larger work. I've been going to do it on ACEOs but haven't seemed to get around to it. I was recently reminded of it in a current magazine, so decided to do one, and 'hit' on the idea of doing an octopus.

The auction is 3 days only.

MUST see to appreciate.
The listing had WIP photos of the process.
This shimmers with iridescent colors!

watercolor + ink
ACEO - 2.5 x 3.5" on watercolor paper.

"Deep Sea-cur"




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Thanks for looking

~Jillian
http://www.JillianCrider.com

A quick little fantasy pen & wash - Special sale

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"Daisy"
ACEO 2.5x3.5" Pen & Watercolor. Original.

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The Japanese Lady

I never thought that preparing a show could be like having a nap, but neither thought it was so stressful I made this one to relax the mind. It helped!


8x8 inches
Watercolor on Arches 140lbs paper

Alfa Romeo

13 x 10 inches.
Watercolor on Favini 180lbs paper.

Alfa Romeo C6 2500 Pininfarina Design, this car is a real museum piece, I took a photo of it in an ancient place of my town and you can see the reflections of trees and of an ancient church on the hood.
It's been a big work to render with watercolor the entire scene, but I enjoed the result very much.

Sistahs and their Fiestas DSDF 23-24

"Coffee Clutch" 9x12 watercolor

It was hard for me to take this challenge too seriously for some reason lol I wanted to title this "Sistahs and their Fiestas". I love the word "sistahs" so I decided to use Fiestaware to rhyme the word with hahaha! Actually my original concept was a full sheet watercolor on Yupo but I just couldn't get my supplies together on time and the 8x10 study I did for it fizzled within 15 minutes (too small).

So here is my contribution to DSDF week 23-24 challenge with Karin Jurick! One can only imagine what these sistahs from different muthas were are ranting about.

"Cupcake"

Just a very simple watercolor and ink ACEO (2.5x3.5")

Just listed.

"CupCake"

A whimsical artwork, watercolor & ink that I did a while back. I've used it as the basis for a tiny graphic available on networking sites, and also on Cafe Press where I've put it onto bibs, onesies, together with the lettering. A fun work. I thought it was cute. Hope you do, too.

Auction:
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Thanks for looking.
~Jillian

European Dolls

8 x 10 inches, watercolour, 2009

Another doll painting, these dolls are from different European countries and wearing traditional costume. The boy and girl on the left are from Germany, the doll at the back Greece and the small blonde doll from Italy.

Cutlery triptych

This is a triptych, the measures of each one are 7 x 20 inches (17 x 51 cm)
It's made for my coming show here in Turin.

Baby portrait....Hayley

I painted this yesterday as a demo while I sat at an art "show" (emphasis on show, not many were buying). It's my now 13 year old daughter when she was about 7/8 months. This painting is why I love watercolor so much. It looks fresh and loose even when carefully controlled. It's about 7 x 5 inches.

Old, sold watercolors now new journal covers.

I have a lot of scans of my old, sold ACEOs and other watercolors, and love using them for other purposes. I've shown before how I created magnets from them. Now I've been even more creative, putting them on the front of journals, with other design elements.

Hope you'll take a look in the "WHAT'S NEW" section of my Cafe Press store:
http://www.cafepress.com/jilliancrider
Direct link to 'what's new':
http://www.cafepress.com/jilliancrider/3157762

I'm doing more right now, so be sure to bookmark it.
Thanks for looking.
~Jillian

Timana

4 x 6 inches, watercolor and gouache, 2009.

The beautiful green-eyed Timana, another of my mermaids.

Chase - Dog Portrait

Quite by accident, I seem to have fallen into dog commissions in the last couple of months. This is number 3. Though I'm not really a dog person, I have enjoyed painting them.

This measures 14 x 18. Watercolor on Arches cold press.

Valentine EBSQ Art of The Day is Mariotto!

"Il Bacio a tribute to F. Hayez" 4x6 watercolor

It's Valentine's Day and EBSQ's art of the day is Loredana Mariotto's rendition of "Il Bacio a tribute to F. Hayez" !

Congratulations to our dear Lore!

The Laughing Dolls

5.5 x 7.5 inches, watercolor and gouache, 2009.

The theme for the challenge in the WNW watercolour group this month is "still life". So I decided to paint some of the dolls I have knocking around, something I've been meaning to do for a while. The baby doll was one I found when out walking the dog, many years ago - she has no arms or legs and her eyes are a bit wonky, so that endeared her to me. The middle one is a "Jem" doll - bought for me by a friend back in the 80's, she was a "Pop Star" doll - her ear-rings light up and flash. The final one is something I found when clearing my Nan's house after she passed away. It was going to be thrown out so I saved it, hideous though it is. It looks sort of Chinese, but where it came from and why is a mystery. They all look so happy and jolly, like they are sharing a joke!

Fuchsia: Fancy Frills

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ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR PAINTING
SFA - small format art
"Fuchsia - Fancy Frills"

by Jillian Crider
on heavy archival watercolor paper.

image size 5.5" x 6"



The painting is extended onto the mat. The mat is
part of the painting.

matted size 11" x 11.5"



"This artwork is from 1993 when I created a series of fuchsia paintings for a calendar (never published), and subsequently for an exhibition.
This painting remains from that time, it was never sold, just packed away.
Personally I love this work, I love fuchsias, and this is just too lovely to be stored away and not seen.
Fuchsias are such 'happy' plants - so colorful and festive, and, in turn, this painting is a 'feel good' painting.
I'm hoping someone will give it a good home. Thank you."

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Thanks for looking.

~Jillian

The Romanov Children

8 x 10 inches, watercolour and gouache, 2009.
Commission.

The finished painting of the Romanov children. You can see the study here.