Homegrown Tomatoes

10 x 7 inches, watercolour, 2009.

A painting of some of the tomato crop from this year - so red and juicy I couldn't resist painting them.

The Good Witch and the Naughty Cat

HALLOWEEN is arriving.

The Good Witch and the Naughty Cat
- ACEO - 2,5 x 3,5 inches

This one was made after an attempt to follow an Anime lesson in a new book I've bought.
I don't love all kind of anime, but find that it's a very good way to learn to draw the faces expressions, I hope to go give some more try.

Aquilegia

6.5 x 7 inches, watercolor, 2009.

A white and yellow aquilegia (or columbine) flower.

TOY #1

ACEO 3,5 x 2,5 inches
Watercolor on Arches 140lbs paper, painted with Artist Winsor & Newton paints.

Watercolor of one of my son toys. They're growing and don't play anymore with them, before beeing dismiss in a box in our garage, I want to give a last chance of glory, in hope that one day someone will ask to play again.

Pansy III

6.5 x 7 inches, watercolor, 2009.

A third pansy painting, a lovely blue specimen.

Pansy II

6.5 x 7 inches, watercolor, 2009.

A second pansy painting.

Cactus Shot

Cactus Shot, 8 x 8

When Erika left California for Arkansas, she bequeathed me many beautiful plants. A cactus, which is now in bloom is one of them. These are two blossoms that fell off the plant and landed in a shot glass.

Pansy I

6.4 x 7 inches, watercolor, 2009.

The first of a couple of pansy paintings I am going to do.

Peruvian Lily (Alstroemeria)

6.5 x 7 inches, watercolour, 2009.

The delicate structure and pink and yellow shades of this alstromeria were a challenge to paint. We have these in several colours in the garden, a legacy from my father.

French Marigold II

6.5 x 7 inches, watercolor, 2009.

A painting of a different variety of french marigold from my garden.

Yellow Tomatoes

Yellow Tomatoes, 6 x 9, Watercolor

Another little painting before they're all gone...

French Marigold

6.5 x 7 inches, watercolor, 2009.

More flowers from my garden, I love the vibrant colours and layered petals of this marigold.

Pink Rose

6.5 x 7 inches, watercolor, 2009.

I'm not sure what sort of rose this is, just that it's pink and beautiful!

COFFEE CUP

This is a part of a series of Coffee Cups that I painted for fun. Coffee cups are great subjects because you can go crazy with the colors. It's better, sometimes, after I make my initial drawing, if I just throw the reference material out the window, and concentrate on colors.

Yellow and Red Tomatoes

Yellow and Red Tomatoes, 8 x 8

We had a great harvest of yellow and red tomatoes this year, I wish I had had time to paint more of them. These are among the last of the crop.

Wash House Women - finished artwork

Well, I finished it. Not sure how many hours.

It's 14.5x21" watercolor.

"Wash House Women"

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Thank you.
~Jillian
http://www.JillianCrider.com

Asian Lily

6.5 x 7 inches, watercolour, 2009.

We grew these asian lilies a couple of years ago, lovely elegant plants with beautiful pale orange blooms.

Cactus Dahlia

6.5 x 7 inches, watercolor, 2009.

I have a couple of these cactus dahlia plants - I love the spiky blooms, and the plants usually flower abundently. I chose to concentrate on a single flower for this painting to emphasise the petal shapes and colours.

Foxgloves

8 x 10 inches, watercolor, 2009.

Foxgloves from the garden this summer. Foxgloves (digitalis pupurea) are very poisonous, from the roots and leaves to the flowers and seeds but the toxin is also used for medicinal purposes, especially treating heart conditions.

My 'big' watercolor progresses ...

I may crop about 1" or so off the top, and an inch off the bottom. Several more hours work done, and many more to go!



A close up. Many unfinished parts.

~Jillian

Many giclee prints of my watercolors now on Bonanzle!

I haven't done prints of my ACEOs before, and have now printed in limited editions as giclees. RARE as I probably won't do this again. Check them out!
I'll be adding more tomorrow.





http://www.bonanzle.com/booth/artistjillian

Thank you for looking.
~Jillian

Wash House Women

First time I've done a larger watercolor in several years. My inspiration is two wonderful women who constantly are part of dress-up re-enactments of the old west in a nearby historic town. This was at a special event, where they guarded the 'wash house'.

So is from photo studies I took.
It's about 14" x 22". I'm thinking of possibly entering some competitions with it. I just got downsized from my job (the 5th downsize in 20 months :( ).

This is not easy to photograph - so bear with me.



~Jillian

Stefan (ii)

5 X 7 inches, watercolor, 2009

A second portrait of a young Swiss guy, Stefan.

Stefan

5 x 7 inches, watercolor, 2009.

Portrait of a young Swiss guy.