Art Center Information has selected three popular posts to refer you to if you haven’t already read them. Please click the paintings next to the post to immediately go to them and read them. They are brief, informative an entertaining. Enjoy.

In post titled Tips: Sketching, Drawing, Planning and Painting, Mr. Burton wrote: I had this photograph taken of me posing for a future painting. As usual, when I’m in the mood to have a photo taken of a male model, I usually grab the first one that I find. So far, it’s always been me. Click on picture>>>

Nature’s Communication With Artists: If an artist develops an attitude to the natural world of attentively having a modest view of ones own importance, feeling that, as an artist, they must return to the actual moment of creation of their subject, looking deeply into the dynamics of its structure and thus participating in it, the connection between art and nature clearly manifests itself in the finished work. The link between art and nature has always been intimate.

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Give Your Artwork Oomph With Reflected Light: Our CEO and founder of Art Center Information, artist Richard D. Burton, recently was invited to speak to a group of artists. He discussed the importance of using reflected light in realistic paintings. The discussion was much too long to repeat on the limited space of this blog post, so we selected some important segments of it and proud to pass it on to our artist friends. Please enjoy the following excerpts: Click on painting>>>