Bob PalmertonAug 3, 20191 minFresh off the Easel: Heat WaveA scorcher in southeast Michigan inspired by latest large pastel painting, "Heat Wave." Heat Wave is 18x24 done in soft pastel on Uart 400 paper. The origina...
Bob PalmertonMar 31, 20191 minPastel Painting: Hoh RainforestThe Hoh Rainforest is a temperate rainforest located in Olympic National Park. This painting is part of my PNW (Pacific Northwest) pastel series. This 9x12 ...
Bob PalmertonSep 15, 20182 minStudioSense: Fake Painting TipsThis blog article is an update to one published in March of 2018. The final version of the painting "Woodland Waltz" is posted at the bottom. ______________...
Bob PalmertonMar 24, 20183 minStudioSense: Seeing the Lake through the TreesHiking in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan last November, I cam across this varied collection of trees: Since the photo above is rather bland, I took advanta...
Bob PalmertonFeb 15, 20185 minStudioSense - "One" Color Fits AllIn late December 2016 I visited Hot Springs National Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on the way to Arlington TX to see the Western Michigan Broncos play Wisco...
Bob PalmertonJul 22, 20171 minNew Pastel Painting - Woolley Park StrollWoolley Park Stroll was started en plein air with my studio assistant Cosmo. Completed today, I decided to enhance some of the predominant colors of this la...
Bob PalmertonJul 17, 20172 minPastel Technique: Impressionistic TouchesOn another plein air excursion this past weekend, I came across a bucolic early morning scene at Wooley Pary, just west of South State Road on Textile Road, ...