2021-03-28 22:13
In the middle of Febuary, seventy-eight years old Texas Artist, Lynn Burton was spotted painting a western chuck wagon scene on the side of Bigham’s BBQ restaurant building in Lubb… Read More
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2019-07-06 20:52
Artist Lynn Burton posing with oil paintingArtist Lynn Burton often starts an oil painting with acrylic paints. Why? You may ask. His purpose is to work mainly with dark colors and light col… Read More
2019-06-30 16:52
A good picture painted or drawn is like a living experience. It allows the artists mood to be vivid for the viewer. However, until details of texture and pattern are added it is not a compl… Read More
2019-04-07 19:13
Prickly Pears and then someTexas artist, Lynn Burton, has set the world on fire this past year, trying to outdo Van Gogh’s most prolific year of a tremendous multitude of paintings… Read More
2017-09-25 14:46
Pablo Picasso: A Woman in WhiteWhen you toss a coin, it will not always land on heads. Not all paintings will be a masterpiece~Lynn Burton
Many artist change in time, from the time they begi… Read More
2017-09-21 19:06
Graphite study for watercolor painting: Pappy’s BreakBeware ye that visit me! Ye may become immortalized in my drawings, sketches, and paintings-R.D.Burton
I have a camera, and I am of… Read More
2017-09-17 16:46
Richard D. BurtonOver the years when I drew or painted the human figure, I referred to books I had on the shelf. I still do this. It was especially necessary when I recently took on the assi… Read More
2017-09-14 14:57
Roy Lichtenstein: Masterpiece-54″X54″ sold in 2017 for $165 millionIn the spring of 1961, art dealers in New York City began promoting the Soup Can school of art (POP ART) as bei… Read More
2017-09-08 12:57
Photo of artist, Richard D. Burton, posing for watercolor painting: Pappy’s Break”It is important to remember when making drawings for a graphic novel or story is that if it is n… Read More
2017-09-06 18:07
Step 3: Copy drawing onto substrateIf you are illustrating a graphic story, you don’t want your characters just standing around stiff…you want to depict them in as much action a… Read More
2017-09-01 19:08
Lynn Burton: Chief and Skull (oil on Canvas) {click, and type Lynn Burton in the Search}My brother, Lynn Burton, paints anything and everything. However, I appreciate his southwest art motif… Read More
2017-08-30 15:42
Graphite drawings for Graphic Novel slide showI recall as a young teenager that I was fascinated by the comics. I don’t know if it was the shapely women in the Al Capp’s cartoon… Read More
2017-08-27 17:12
Wassily Kandinsky: “Composition Vll” (1913)Who and What Inspired Wassily Kandinsky? Wassily Kandinsky was a brilliant, well educated student of life. In 1896, at the age of 30, h… Read More
2017-08-23 18:41
“There is only one true thing: Instantly paint what you see. When you’ve got it, you’ve got it. When you haven’t, you begin again. All the rest is humbug.” &nda&hell…Read More
2017-08-20 17:18
Why do some paintings and drawings seem to work while others do not? It depends on how much an artist puts into the planning stages. When it comes to composition, some artists seem to do thi… Read More
2017-08-15 11:49
Richard D. BurtonSometimes an artist decides to step out of their comfort zone to a much more uncomfortable zone. In my case, from fine art drawing and painting to illustration work.
T… Read More
2016-09-10 17:36
Anguished Spirit/Trail of Tears:Richard D. Burton (Watercolor/ 300# ArchersThe internet is full of someone writing an e-book for you to download that promises the magic of marketing your art… Read More
2016-08-07 15:17
So, I awakened a few months ago, and was dreaming of a most unusual event in history. It really happened, and was known as the “great removal”. A scourge in the annals of Americ… Read More
2016-07-15 18:02
Artist, Richard Burton painting in his garage.The world of art went through fundamental changes in terms of style toward the end of the nineteenth century. Trying to mirror reality or captur… Read More
2016-06-14 14:51
Oscar-Claude MonetThe term “Impressionism” comes from the title of Claude Monet’s painting Impression, soleil levant (Interpreted: Impression, Sunrise. The painting was exh… Read More
2016-06-12 19:36
R. D. Burton at EaselWhen an artist decides to paint or draw a historic composition, they should do their homework.
I have been working on a series of compositions representing the Cherokee… Read More
2016-06-10 17:52
Acrylic Under Painting : Unfinished: Lynn BurtonArtist, Lynn Burton, in many cases, will do his work with acrylic under painting. “It’s just something I rely on to work out the m… Read More
2016-06-03 17:09
R. D. Burton at EaselThe painting I most recently finished began as a practice painting for a portion of a work in progress, Anguished Spirit (Trail of Tears).
Anguished Spirit (Trail of Tea… Read More
2016-04-28 07:10
R. D. Burton at EaselArt takes much more than paint, brushes, and substrates. I usually paint the composition constantly in my mind, letting it mull over, before pencil or paint sketching. I… Read More
2016-03-27 14:45
“Down Wind Wait” : Richard D. Burton (Graphite on Paper)Artist do what an artist has to do to reach their goal as an accepted composition. For example, in my composition of &ldqu&hell…Read More
2016-03-18 13:44
Graphite on paper (unfinished) : Richard D. BurtonHaving been raised in New Mexico, Southwest Art, Indians, cowboys, ranches, cattle and etc., are common themes when it pertains to art.
As I… Read More
2016-01-21 16:14
Agonizing Spirit Over Trail of Tears: Richard D.Burton (pencil sketch for painting)I have always been a fan of Western and Southwestern art. Having been raised in New Mexico, cowboys and Ind… Read More
2015-04-04 14:07
Under paintingTexas artist, Lynn Burton, often uses a monochromatic painting as an under painting when painting a picture. He prefers the earth pigments using only white, black, and o… Read More
2015-04-02 14:38
Painting on Arches 300-lb 22″X30″ watercolor paperThe master artists understood color, hue, temperature, chroma, and value, and knew how to place the pigments onto their canvas (… Read More
2014-09-04 17:16
Lynn Burton: oil on canvasEverything has its own challenge when painting, but there is no challenge quite as unique as when painting hair. When painting hair, an artist has to consider avoid… Read More
2014-08-28 15:22
Painting on Arches 300-lb 22″X30″ watercolor paperWhen selecting the paper you paint your watercolors upon, select wisely. The success or failure of your painting often depends u… Read More
2014-08-22 13:45
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec:Portrait of Vincent van GoghWhat is drawing? It is working oneself through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can do~Vin… Read More
2014-08-17 14:17
James Frederick “The List” (Graphite on paper)As when a tree’s cut down, the secret root live underground, and thence new branches shoot~John Dryden.
I’ll never… Read More
2014-08-13 20:42
Lynn Burton: Study for Mural (oil on board)“What are some of the ways I can earn money from my art?” This question is asked by many artists, not just students of art. Many talent… Read More
2014-08-11 14:09
James Frederick: “Poppin’ Johnny” Graphite on paperWhen visually attempting to define form, value plays the greater part in its representation and perception. The illusion… Read More
2014-08-10 12:07
Artist Lynn BurtonArt Center Information’s Golden Member, Texas artist Lynn Burton, sent us a letter. We felt it was helpful and informative enough to pass it on to our members… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Sometimes it does good to let a watercolor set awhile until you have a little more motivation. A perfect example of this is the painting (a work in progress) that has been sitting idle in my… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This is the third act of the Texas Red Barn Wedding. It is the desire of this author to finish the story of his visit to the oldest city in Texas to attend the marriage of his grand-daughter… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
My wife, Nancy, and I zipped down to Texas on March 5th to spend time with my daughter and her husband as they prepared for my Grand-daughter’s wedding which was to be held on their es… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
A few miles north of the oldest town in Texas where citizens blend southern hospitality with its original Spanish heritage to make it a uniquely “Texas town,” a wedding took plac… Read More
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