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Aug 3, 2019
1 min

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 40...

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Pastel Painting: Early Spring at Warner Creek

Bob Palmerton

May 6, 2019
1 min

Pastel Painting: Early Spring at Warner Creek

Behind Pittsfield Township Hall near Saline, MI., there are nature trails and a pond fed by Warner Creek. Cosmo (my dog) likes to sniff...

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Bob Palmerton

Jan 1, 2019
1 min

Pastel Painting: Up North on Long Lake

My family's Thanksgiving holiday was (once again) spent "way up north, " traversing the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Northern Wisconsi...

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Bob Palmerton

Dec 1, 2018
2 min

StudioSense: Filling the Gap

Here's a pastel painting-in-progress that includes a change in the composition mid-stream. The painting is called "Meeting at Mill Pond."...

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Pastel Painting - Huron River at Gallup Park

Bob Palmerton

Oct 4, 2018
1 min

Pastel Painting - Huron River at Gallup Park

Continuing with my Gallup Park series, below is a view of the Huron River at Gallup Park in Ann Arbor, MI. The reference photo was taken ...

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