We ran into one of our senior member artists, Lynn Burton (brother of CEO, Richard Burton) and asked him about his basic approach to painting. Here is how he answered: “My approach to a blank canvas consists mostly of two … Continue reading
If you are a realist painter working freely, with no drawing, without preparing, and having only a slight idea of what composition you are after has a downside to it. What should you add or remove to make the image … Continue reading
An artist that wishing to capture the viewer and control their interest toward the focal point in their painting can take lessons from some of the masters. I discussed this in a blog post about a year ago, and I … Continue reading
The camera is a valuable tool for an artist. It’s a great guide to use when needing realistic facts. Personally, this is the main reason that I use it. However, I have found that photographs are generally useless to mix … Continue reading
Sometimes, it’s angles, sizes, spaces and interesting shapes that make many of our paintings “work” to entertain our audience. Lynn Burton’s untitled painting to the left is a good example of what I mean. Not only did he use all … Continue reading
Sometimes it is the abstract color work. Sometimes it is the realization that it is not abstract but realistic. Sometimes it is expressionistic or impressionistic. Sometimes it is nothing more than colorful patterns that create pleasure to the viewer. Much … Continue reading
Though there may be frustration and heart break, we artists can still call it a win if at least a couple out of every ten of our works turn out to be good. The excitement and thrill of accomplishing that … Continue reading
Realistically painting the figure requires more skill and effort than almost any other subject because of the unique difficulties that it presents. An artist has more latitude to take liberties with their “artistic license” when painting such subjects as a … Continue reading
One of Art Center Information’s ARTIST PARTNERS member, Lynn Burton, gave us some sound tips of how to paint and sell your art work in your geographical area. Below are just some of the thoughts he passed on to us. … Continue reading
Texas artist, Lynn Burton, sent a disk of some of his paintings. Regrettably, our major computer is in the computer hospital being fixed and the disk is inside the computer and we can’t show them. However, he did send … Continue reading
