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    Bob Palmerton Pastels

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    Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.  - Henry David Thoreau
     

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    StudioSense: Warming up the Beach
    Bob Palmerton
    • Sep 5, 2019
    • 1 min

    StudioSense: Warming up the Beach

    On a sunny, early morning on the beach at Breezy Point, New York, there is a distinctive warm glow in the sand and grasses that comprise ...
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    From Barns to Beach
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jul 20, 2019
    • 1 min

    From Barns to Beach

    It's that time of the year! After traversing the countryside and the farmland around Ann Arbor, Michigan, I will be heading out to New Y...
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    Pastel Painting: Ocean Kayak, Breezy Point
    Bob Palmerton
    • Aug 31, 2018
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: Ocean Kayak, Breezy Point

    Strolling along at Breezy Point on the bay, I came across this kayak awaiting its next journey in Jamaica Bay at Breezy Point, NY. To cre...
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    StudioSense: Preparing a New Painting
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jun 13, 2018
    • 2 min

    StudioSense: Preparing a New Painting

    Working on my Breezy Point series early this morning. Here is the reference photo, which depicts the Breezy Point lighthouse on the bay ...
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    Pastel Painting: Resting My Wings
    Bob Palmerton
    • May 22, 2018
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: Resting My Wings

    At Breezy Point, a beach community on the Atlantic Ocean in Queens, New York, early morning and late day brings out the most brilliant co...
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    StudioSense: A New Look and Feel
    Bob Palmerton
    • Mar 13, 2018
    • 2 min

    StudioSense: A New Look and Feel

    During summer vacation at the beach in August, 2017, I whipped up several pastel paintings of Breezy Point and its beach community. This w...
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    Pastel Painting: Bay Boats at Breezy Point
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jan 7, 2018
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: Bay Boats at Breezy Point

    What better time is there to celebrate memories of summer when the temperature is below zero in Michigan? Here is the final rendition of ...
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    Pastel Painting Technique: Capturing the Sandy Beach
    Bob Palmerton
    • Dec 1, 2017
    • 2 min

    Pastel Painting Technique: Capturing the Sandy Beach

    Time to start reminiscing about summer as the cold, dark days of winter emerge. My current project in "Bay Boats," inspired by the scene ...
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    Painting Technique - Adding Character(s) to the Landscape
    Bob Palmerton
    • Nov 21, 2017
    • 2 min

    Painting Technique - Adding Character(s) to the Landscape

    In November, I published this blog on adding characters to the landscape. Recently, while working on "Wind Chill," I decided that I need...
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    Dunes Sunset at Breezy Point - Oil Painting
    Bob Palmerton
    • Oct 8, 2017
    • 3 min

    Dunes Sunset at Breezy Point - Oil Painting

    Continuing on my beach theme from summer vacation at Breezy Point, New York, below is my first oil painting done since my last tampering ...
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    A Long Walk to the Jetty - Pastel Painting
    Bob Palmerton
    • Sep 27, 2017
    • 1 min

    A Long Walk to the Jetty - Pastel Painting

    The spot on the beach at Breezy Point where we park our beach chairs and umbrellas, just off Marion Walk, is a long way to the Jetty. The...
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    Pastel Painting: Breezy Point Jetty - 2017
    Bob Palmerton
    • Sep 19, 2017
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: Breezy Point Jetty - 2017

    Breezy Point, New York, on the Atlantic Ocean. A gift to Anna Palaski and Ed Miller to celebrate their wedding, September 16th, 2017. A...
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    Pastel Painting: Sunrise Surf at Breezy Point
    Bob Palmerton
    • Sep 6, 2017
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: Sunrise Surf at Breezy Point

    A warm summer morning around 7:30 at Breezy Point. The sun was peeking through the clouds; sun rays stretched to the surface of the Atlan...
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    Pastel Painting: Breezy Point Bayside
    Bob Palmerton
    • Aug 19, 2017
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: Breezy Point Bayside

    Here's a more impressionistic pastel painting on the bayside at Breezy Point, New York. I decided to take an overcast day and instead cre...
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    Pastel Painting: Breezy Point Dunes
    Bob Palmerton
    • Aug 17, 2017
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: Breezy Point Dunes

    Sunny day at Breezy Point, New York. Soft pastel on sanded paper; 8x10. See the previous post on the acrylic underpainting. #BreezyPoin...
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    Pastel Painting: On the Bay at Breezy Point
    Bob Palmerton
    • Aug 16, 2017
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: On the Bay at Breezy Point

    Although today's weather will be sunny an 90, it has been a bit cloudy (and rainy) at Breezy Point. This scene is on the bay side, captur...
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    Pastel Technique: High Values at the Beach
    Bob Palmerton
    • Aug 14, 2017
    • 1 min

    Pastel Technique: High Values at the Beach

    A beach and its dunes on a sunny day convey the highest values (aka lightness) in color. I chose an acrylic underpainting to bring out t...
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