She Lay Like A Jewel, progression 1, oil. I painted this as a small watercolour study during the colder months. Painting the subject matter in a smaller size gives me a feel for the subject and I liked how this one felt. So now that I can have the windows open to vent the fumes of the oil paints it is one of the paintings I'm going to paint in a larger format. This oil is three by four feet.