by Mark Hillis | Mar 26, 2025 | INSPIRATION, INSTRUCTIONAL TIPS
Art as a Reflection of Worldview Do you want to add a powerful element to your artwork? Have you considered using painting to convey ideas and/or spiritual truth through symbolism? I’m not suggesting that you do this with every painting that you produce. But...
by Mark Hillis | Feb 28, 2025 | INSTRUCTIONAL TIPS
Featured Image: Original Painting by Kasia Bruniany In this post, I would like to share with you several keys to painting beautiful sunsets in the impressionistic and/or realistic styles. The Common Problem Most Artists Face I will begin with the problem that most...
by Mark Hillis | Jan 17, 2025 | INSTRUCTIONAL TIPS
Art Challenges to Boost Your Creativity Sometimes as artists we get stuck. It happens to almost everyone. You just feel like you are in a rut and the idea for the next painting won’t come. Here are some creativity-boosters that have helped me in the past....
by Mark Hillis | Dec 12, 2024 | INSTRUCTIONAL TIPS
Featured Image: “Broken Bottle, Broken Life”, Still Life painting by Mark Hillis – 18″ x 24″, Oil on canvas The Army Tent Canvas Experiment The painting featured above was a still life assignment that I did in art school at Ringling...
by Mark Hillis | Nov 14, 2024 | INSTRUCTIONAL TIPS
Underpainting is an important part of the painting process. Technically it is not necessary, and there are some artists who skip this part of the process. But the value of underpainting for those who employ it, cannot be overstated. I would like to bring attention to...
