I wrote a Blog Post a few months back that, for some reason, has had several thousand visitors. It was about drawing surfaces for graphite drawing. I don’t know, perhaps it was the comical anecdote that I told about my daughter’s father-in-law, artist James Frederick. I wrote the article in memory of John who left many beautiful drawings and paintings when he passed this past summer.

To read the short article in its entirety, please click on the drawing to the right>>>>>>>>>>

In a Blog Post written a year ago, El Greco: Famous Artists Techniques, we wrote: El Greco’s works are painted on a fine canvas and covered with a warm reddish-brown ground. This was common in the second half of the sixteenth century. He used thick oil with the consistency of honey to temper the pigments, applying it with broken strokes using a course hog’s hair brush.

We did a considerable amount of research to post this blog, and we feel its almost viral popularity probably is due to many students using it for research for their term papers…? We have no idea. Click on the insert to visit the sight>>>>>>>>>>

In one of our past but most popular articles, one of our authors wrote about CEO and Founder, Richard Burton’s brother, Texas artist Lynn Burton. They wrote:

Watching Lynn Burton race up sandy West Texas slopes snapping his camera to record light and shadow values as reference for future paintings, snapping as fast as he can and then vanishing over the bank is indicative of his energy and general zest. He learned a long time ago the camera can be an artists best friend when used properly. And there is no artist alive that knows best how to use a camera in his art–or, at least, that is what he would say.

The article was both entertaining and informative as it described this talented artist.