The author of this blog is artist and published EzineArticles.com author, Richard D. Burton, writing under the Nom-de-Plume as BigRBurto. Our desire is to present a Blog that is not just about the author/artist, or his artist relatives. Although, they will be presented if they can help the Blog. Ideally, the Blog will be for […]
Artist Lynn Burton often starts an oil painting with acrylic paints. Why? You may ask. His purpose is to work mainly with dark colors and light colors in an effort to control the value, which he feels is the number … Continue reading Posted in art, Art approach, art center information, art information, Artist, Artist […]
Graphite study for watercolor painting: Pappy’s Break Beware ye that visit me! Ye may become immortalized in my drawings, sketches, and paintings-R.D.Burton I have a camera, and I am often my own model-R.D. Burton Photo of artist, Richard D. Burton, posing for watercolor painting: Pappy’s Break” In a former blog, I mentioned that I was […]
Richard D. Burton: Drawing Study for Future Painting Drawing, as an objective, for many of the old masters was to take from their models the maximum of information for future use. They were not trying to create a work of art. For them, they were simply recording facts or experimenting in an informal way with […]
R.D.Burton: Segment of drawing~ “Moses” There are some of us that drew or painted when we were young but got caught up in business and responsibilities, children and such. We left our passion by putting it off until retirement; but the good news is that it is never too late to get started. Think of […]
I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold, by Charles Demuth, was an exuberant response to a poem by William Carlos Williams, who was trying to establish an American modernism. Williams had dedicated Spring and All to the artist in 1923. … Continue reading
I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold, by Charles Demuth, was an exuberant response to a poem by William Carlos Williams, who was trying to establish an American modernism. Williams had dedicated Spring and All to the artist in 1923. … Continue reading
I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold, by Charles Demuth, was an exuberant response to a poem by William Carlos Williams, who was trying to establish an American modernism. Williams had dedicated Spring and All to the artist in 1923. … Continue reading
I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold, by Charles Demuth, was an exuberant response to a poem by William Carlos Williams, who was trying to establish an American modernism. Williams had dedicated Spring and All to the artist in 1923. … Continue reading
“Most people like sunny, cloudless days, but artists and photographers often prefer the soft illumination of a cloud-covered sky.”~James Gurney Lynn Burton:Blue Mountain cottage (oil on canvas) Artist, Lynn Burton, elected to paint Blue Mountain Cottage in overcast light (left). This gave him the benefit of the soft illumination of a cloud covered sky, not […]
Lynn and Richard Burton When artists Lynn and Richard D. Burton get together, whether in person, telephone or internet, they talk art. Their conversations are often detailed, no matter how brief. Lynn often reminds Richard that art is study, understanding, and action. “I can assure you, that when it comes to the overall understanding of […]
Sometimes, creating mood in your painting is in the composition, and sometimes it is in the use of color. Sometimes, it works best when it is both. You can’t help but appreciate the alone and helpless feeling one senses in Andrew Wyeth’s famous painting, Christina’s World. Andrew Wyeth, “Christina’s World” (1948) Is it the contrasting […]
A version of the Munsell Color Wheel To make sure your art will last as long as it possibly can without fading, it is imperative that you understand the permanence and the lightfastness of the colors used in your artwork. More than likely, this blog post is for the less experienced wannabee artist rather than […]
Part 1: A Little Love~ It was in July of 1982, and my new bride and I were moving her and her two children to my apartment in St. Louis. We’d been married the week before. We were traveling from Ohio, and the drive was a seven hour trip from having spent the day cramming […]