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Bob Palmerton
Aug 3, 20191 min read
Fresh off the Easel: Heat Wave
A scorcher in southeast Michigan inspired by latest large pastel painting, "Heat Wave." Heat Wave is 18x24 done in soft pastel on Uart...
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Bob Palmerton
Mar 31, 20191 min read
Pastel Painting: Hoh Rainforest
The Hoh Rainforest is a temperate rainforest located in Olympic National Park. This painting is part of my PNW (Pacific Northwest) pastel...
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Bob Palmerton
Sep 15, 20182 min read
StudioSense: Fake Painting Tips
This blog article is an update to one published in March of 2018. The final version of the painting "Woodland Waltz" is posted at the...
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Bob Palmerton
Mar 24, 20183 min read
StudioSense: Seeing the Lake through the Trees
Hiking in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan last November, I cam across this varied collection of trees: Since the photo above is rather...
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Bob Palmerton
Feb 15, 20185 min read
StudioSense - "One" Color Fits All
In late December 2016 I visited Hot Springs National Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on the way to Arlington TX to see the Western...
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Bob Palmerton
Jul 22, 20171 min read
New Pastel Painting - Woolley Park Stroll
Woolley Park Stroll was started en plein air with my studio assistant Cosmo. Completed today, I decided to enhance some of the...
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Bob Palmerton
Jul 17, 20172 min read
Pastel Technique: Impressionistic Touches
On another plein air excursion this past weekend, I came across a bucolic early morning scene at Wooley Pary, just west of South State...
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