My brother, Lynn Burton, from Lubbock, Texas, sent me pictures of one of the pieces of work he recently finished painting.  He calls it “Adam and Eve” and looking at it you can certainly see why. He also sent some different stages of getting it to a finished painting.

Here is one of the beginning stages for the painting (left). It is in black and white and basically graphical and balanced.

To the right, you see the color going into the painting and the wrap of foliage and a large apple at the bottom keeping the balance in the painting and emphasizing the apple eve is being fed by the hand of the serpent.

To the left you can see more color and detailed being worked into the foliage.  Under painting of the large apple to detail the light and dark values is apparent.

Please note the apple on the floor and the angle it is turned to get the exact lighting and reflection of its skin. Also note the size of the painting.

Below is the finished painting. Lynn Burton’s, Adam and Eve.