Tag Archives: R. D. Burton

Tips to Create Illusion and Depth in Your Artwork

Your eyes do not focus like a camera, but we can use the camera as an example of how we focus. To give you an example of this, I am on the back deck holding my arm out and thumb … Continue reading →

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Tips for Foreshortening~Present an Illusion of Depth

Be sure to sign up for the Art Center Information newsletter and enter to win a free coffee table art book>>> I recall when I was about thirteen years old that I painted a picture of a horse. I did … Continue reading →

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Tips to Create Moods With Color and Composition

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 … Continue reading →

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The Best of the Best From the Gallery

In my short blogs while on vacation I’ve decided to blog my favorites from the paintings and drawings of all the artists that have shared their work on this blog. This painting of the long overhanging porch and sense of … Continue reading →

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It Was Not Edward Hopper’s Painting, Gas, That Inspired Me

It was not Edward Hopper’s painting, Gas, that inspired my painting, The Old Woodie, but it was much of Edward Hopper’s works together that did. Edward Hopper was an artist in the Realist tradition, painting passionately his interpretation of the … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: R. D. Burton

Tips to Create Illusion and Depth in Your Artwork

Tips for Foreshortening~Present an Illusion of Depth

Tips to Create Moods With Color and Composition

The Best of the Best From the Gallery

It Was Not Edward Hopper’s Painting, Gas, That Inspired Me

Sometimes Your Painting Becomes Boss

Some Favorite Paintings From the Family Gallery

Some Advice for the Wannabe Artist

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