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Chris Mills

Chris Mills

Chris lives on an island off Scotland, works in a castle and paints fantasy in his spare time.
 
 
 
I've been drawing and painting fantasy images since I read the Lord of the Rings when I was 14, and have had a fascination with dragons since way before that. I live on abeautiful island off the west coast of Scotland and work for the National Trust  for Scotland. I paint when I can, although not always fantasy as I like wildlife art as well. I prefer watercolour although I don't use it in the conventional manner a lot of the time - it has been likened to oil painting. I aim to get as 'real' a look to my work as possible and I use my PC for a lot of preparatory work - I trained in architecture and this reflects a lot in what I like to do. At least my buildings should stand up!

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24 Jul 2008:-) Michael A Rasmussen
Absolutely breathtaking. I don’t know how you do it with watercolor!
All that effort really pays off. Amazing, phenomenal work.

:-) Chris Mills replies: "I’d really like to try acrylics but up to now I’ve not had the time to learn. I do use ink a lot which helps bring the colour out a fair bit."
4 Sep 2008:-) Alessandra Lexie Ferraris
I have your same problem..my job takes away almost all my day... I m sad for that...
13 Sep 2008:-) Michael King
I have to say, I found this page by accident, and yet, it is already one of my favourites. Dragons are one of my favourite mythological creatures and this page is a feast for the eyes. Excellent.
16 Sep 2008:-) Alessandra Lexie Ferraris
Hi Chris, I checked up your gallery on Devart... and found your wonderful - amazing - breathtaking
dragon sculpture...!!! You know, I too have just finished a dragon with clay! I really would like to know how did you make the scales!!!!!Did you put clay piece by piece or did you carve scales directly on the head??? Thank you a lot for your answer!

:-) Chris Mills replies: "lexie - he’s made of Super Sculpey and he was done the hard way by carving the scales once he was baked - DO NOT try this if you value you sanity! Broken scalpel blades, sliced fingers and hours and hours later he’s still not finished. Still, I’m very proud of him and will post shots once he is which won’t be too long now - got an exhibition in November so he’s got to be. Many thanks for the comment."
17 Sep 2008:-) Alessandra Lexie Ferraris
You are a god of the art!!! You sacrifice your healt for the art and that s wonderful!!! I m like you... I love art as much as my life even if I ll lose my sight!!! Can t wait til I ll see your dragon finished!!!
Hugs, Lexie.
8 Dec 2008:-) Alena Crepea
wow i think i would like to be you O_O you work in a CASTLE and live in/near SCOTTLAND?? i love your art its amazing! i wish i was even half as good as you are...im hoping to go to the Rhode Island School of Design for college but im thinking it takes alot more than that to acheive your level of expertise 2
9 Feb 2009:-) James andrew clark
Beautiful paintings!I love the eagles - spent a lot of time looking for them in the glens in years gone by!
25 Feb 2009:-) A. Levemark
What a wonderful gallery you have here! Your art is beautiful- so realistic and yet so full of fantasy!
1 Aug 2009:-) Elyon S Mills
My ancestors were orginally from Scotland (and just about everywhere else in Great Britain). It’d be funny if we were distantly related.

You are so lucky to work in a castle, but I would assume that’s why all your art so unique. Not many people have such constant stimulus to the fantasy aspect of their brain. I figure there’s not a lot of help I can offer through constructive critisism and such, so I’ll just parrot everyone else by saying how wonderfully detail and realistic your artwork is.

Take care.
1 Aug 2009:-) Madison El Gato Azul Johns
I have been here before, it was so long ago... You have uploaded a lot since then I think. All of the new work is amazing! you skill has only improved and that more than anything marks a true artist in my opinion. The ability to grow, to become better to acquire more skills. Excellent.
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