Jill

@gingerjill

Recovering people-pleaser, hoping for benevolent government. Far too optimistic. Gardening and painting allows me to find the strength to follow the politics 🇬🇧🇨🇦

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Jill@gingerjill· 17d

Wake up, Ted. It's a beautiful morning!

Jill@gingerjill· Jul 18

18 months of learning to use acrylics so I can go bigger, brighter and more expressive. This is A2 size. “Alnwick Moor’ Drive By”. #Art

Expressive landscape featuring crags on Alnwick Moor, with Heather in the foreground.

Jill@gingerjill· Jul 13

🍃 🌿 I do love the season of garden posies.

Jill@gingerjill· Jun 24

Today's vibes

Back view of car on his back, legs in the air, on a patio with flower pots on foreground.

Jill@gingerjill· Jun 21

🌱 2 year old Aqualegia providing the perfect backdrop for my luxe lunch. Too hot? Not in Northumberland

Blue plate of salad in front of a huge Aqualegia plant with yellow and orange flowers

Jill@gingerjill· Jun 5

For no real reason I have not painted for 6 months. So to paint myself back into it, I looked out of the back window. Now onwards. (Click on the image)

Sketch in acrylics of a stormy sky over a harvested field.

Jill@gingerjill· May 28

🍃 lovely walk around Cragside, Northumberland.

View of rhododendron bushes in front of tall conifers. Colours include pink, purple, yellow and white

Old stone steps curve up a hill, flanked by blooming rhododendrons

Cragside house just visible behind a rockery with Rhododendrons and Gentian violets (I think)

Jill@gingerjill· May 1

My view from a deckchair at Wallington today.

View from a deckchair at Wallington, Northumberland. Lawn, flower beds and trees

Jill@gingerjill· Apr 24

A beautiful day in Bakewell Derbyshire

Morning mist hovering over the town of Bakewell, viewed from the hill above

Morning mist in akewell, taken from a garden above the town.

Jill@gingerjill· Apr 19

🌱on the last afternoon of the school holidays, hundreds of people with children and dogs flocked to enjoy the last of the blossom in the Alnwick Gardens cherry orchard. Japanese music and lanterns. A real buzz, which was pretty cool.

Cherry blossom orchard with people using the many swings, and taking pictures .

Jill@gingerjill· Apr 12

🌱 After the daffs and primrose yellows, I get excited to see the blues of the humble Forget-me-not.

Close up view of forget-me-not blooms peeking out from under the cat mint.

Jill@gingerjill· Mar 25

🌱I finally got to see the rui s of Pompeii. You will have seen many dusty pi ctures, but by going this time of year I was delighted by the wildflowers.

Trees planted in green spaces of Pompeii ruins.

Jill@gingerjill· Mar 13

I got sidetracked reading about devastating international conflict, so was late with Teddy's lunch. (Apparently)

Tabby and white cat patiently sitting at the table waiting for lunch.

Jill@gingerjill· Feb 12

🌱yay, thee postman has delivered essential ingredients for hope and happiness 😊.

Small window sill propagator and packet s of poppy seeds.

Jill@gingerjill· Feb 10

I guess this is my life now. (Yes, I'm English and complaining about rain).

View of tall trees through mist and rain.

Jill@gingerjill· Feb 6

🌱Dogwood branches and primroses providing some glamour in my soggy Northumberland garden. So dull for so long my houseplants are fading from lack of 🌞.

Red branches of a dogwood bush shown from above. Underneath, some primroses survive in the rain soaked soil

Jill@gingerjill· Dec 25

Teddy is happy

Tabby asleep on a white furry blanket with green sofa, cushion and small Christmas tree. He has had his turkey.

Jill@gingerjill· Dec 24

Happy Christmas Eve! Thank you to those who have interacted with me this year.I’m not one of life’s joiners, but my Blue Sky experience has been overwhelmingly positive. I hope you all find some joy during the festivities. And Teddy says’Hi’.

Tabby and white cat lies on his back under a Christmas tree. His defiant expression is as a result of being told off for batting the hell out of the felt cow toy on the tree.

Jill@gingerjill· Dec 11

#ArtAdventCalendar A watercolour for my Christmas Card from 2 years ago. It's called 'Make a decision Teddy, it's flipping freezing.'

Watercolour of a cat looking out of an open front door to the snowy path beyond. There is a gate and stone pillars at then of the path, and a Christmas wreath on the front door.

Jill@gingerjill· Dec 8

#ArtAdventCalendar This was the first thing I painted on canvass. It's a little crude, but I still love the colours. Completed in May

A4 Canvass of 3 Rudbeckia flowers with an abstract background of vertical stripes of turquoise, orange and green. Painted in acrylics.

Jill@gingerjill· Dec 7

#ArtAdventCalendar I’m not a photographer but I took this picture on Kingston Rd, Toronto in May24. It has a Hopper-esque vibe, I think.

Jill@gingerjill· Dec 6

#ArtAdventCalendar Part of the attraction of learning to use acrylics is to move away from fiddly detail and go bigger and bolder. I like the contrasts on this one.

Acrylic painting on A4 canvass. Close up view of one fuschia flower, in pink and red. It is contrasted by bright green leaves.

Jill@gingerjill· Dec 5

#ArtAdventCalendar The only watercolour I've done this year was another surprise gift, this time for my sister in law. Her grandsons. It's a different challenge when you're painting for someone else.

Watercolour of the back view of 3 small boys looking over and through a 5 bar gate at a tractor in a field.

Jill@gingerjill· Dec 4

Last week I gave this as a surprise gift for a friend. She lost Alfie, aged 18, last month. She loved the painting. The grief of losing a beloved pet is so hard.#ArtAdventCalendar

Acrylic painting of a black and white cat, asleep, surrounded by soft furnishings in muted rainbow colours

Jill@gingerjill· Dec 3

This door on the River Itchen, Winchester, is to me, a magical sight, with promise of a wonderful garden beyond. First A3 canvass. #ArtAdventCalendar

Painting in acrylics on canvass. Depicts an ancient stone and brick wall, with a white door in the middle. In front are steps and foliage leading to a clear chalkstream.

Jill@gingerjill· Dec 2

#ArtAdventCalendar While learning about acrylics I enjoyed exploring the depth of colour that I could achieve. Subject detail in alt description

Study on A4 canvas. Older wirey man sits cross-legged under a large Linden tree, looking at his phone. Green, yellow and blue palette. Wallington, Northumberland

Jill@gingerjill· Dec 1

I'm starting with this year's favorite, because it's taken me 10 months to learn to use acrylics and paint from the heart. Subject in alt description. #ArtAdventCalendar

Crags beside the road on Alnwick Moor. Imagined as a winter scene with snow, but vibrant greens, yellows and purples .

Jill@gingerjill· Nov 30

We finally got to the Ad Gefrin museum in Wooler, which showcases local Anglo-Saxon heritage. Great facility, and nice to meet the yule goat in the carpark.

Jill@gingerjill· Nov 22

WIP acrylic surprise present for a friend. She has had a tough year, and her 18 year old cat died last month. I have the facial likeness. Now if there is any decent natural daylight over the next couple of days I can do the fun stuff.

WIP painting of a cat curled up on a sofa, using neutral colours.

Jill@gingerjill· Nov 19

As it’s International Men’s Day, May I recommend The Father by John Niven @nivenj1.bsky.social. Hard slab of satire and social commentary with a soft layer underneath. ( I’m also thinking about chocolate).