StudioSense: Capturing Texture
At a Landscape in Pastel class I taught at the Michigan Art Center, we spent some time reviewing the variety of tree trunk textures and...
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Bob Palmerton
- Mar 14
- 5 min
Pastel Painting Technique - A Lesson from Start to Finish
I recently started a YouTube channel with pastel painting demos and painting tips. Before YouTube, I would blog about a painting from...
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Bob Palmerton
- 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...
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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
- Dec 5, 2018
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: "Meeting at Mill Pond"
Mill Pond Park is located on the west side of Saline, MI. This pastel painting was created on Uart sanded paper with a variety of soft...
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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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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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Bob Palmerton
- Sep 14, 2018
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: Huron High
Continuing with my Gallup Park series, here is a view of the Huron River neat the public boat launch area. There's a rather tricky...
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Bob Palmerton
- Sep 11, 2018
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: Huron Serenity
Part of my new Gallup Park Series of pastels, this painting shows the abundance of water lilies on this stretch of the Huron River. The...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jul 10, 2018
- 2 min
StudioSense: Capturing Texture
I've been busy lately adding oil painting to my painting activities and have not gotten around to blog much. So I searched for past...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jan 19, 2018
- 3 min
StudioSense
Working in the studio each day, I come across adjustments to work-in-progress paintings that I like to share with my pastel enthusiast...
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Bob Palmerton
- Nov 20, 2016
- 1 min
Time to Name the Painting
I think we are done with this one! Now it doesn't hurt to let it "ripen" by leaving it accessible in the studio for some whim of a quick...
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Bob Palmerton
- Nov 15, 2016
- 1 min
Water and Leaves
A few more refinements. Interesting pointer regarding using reference photos. The water in the photo was too bright (high value) due to...
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Bob Palmerton
- Oct 25, 2016
- 1 min
A Tangled Web of Foliage
At this stage of the painting, I am beginning to fill-in portions of the composition. Additional values are added in the shadier spots...
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