Tag Archives: Richard D. Burton

Graphite Drawing – The Grinding Gears of Time

My brother, artist Lynn Burton, said “You never do anything simple. Do you?” Well, he’s right. I don’t. I don’t know why, but I just don’t. I understand how beautiful simplicity is…at least, in the art world. But somehow it … Continue reading →

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A Surrealist/Realist Graphite Drawing

Here at Art Center Information, we are already getting questions and comments on Richard D. Burton’s graphite drawing, Grinding Gears of Time. The drawing is still in the “work in progress” stage. One question that keeps cropping up is: “Where … Continue reading →

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Artist, Richard D. Burton, Working on “Grinding Gears of Time”

Here is a partial drawing, Grinding Gears of Time, by artist, Richard D. Burton. The drawing is 18″X24″. The main figure (Father Time) is just a sketch taped onto the substrate which has many of the floating gears in the … Continue reading →

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Draw With Graphite Pencil as if Painting With a Brush

I’ve found that occasionally selecting to draw solidly and roundly, modeling my forms as though I was working in clay, painting with the graphite pencil, tone for tone, edge against edge and texture for texture, that I have my most … Continue reading →

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