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    StudioSense: Capturing Texture
    Bob Palmerton
    • Apr 21
    • 2 min

    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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    Pastel Painting Technique - A Lesson from Start to Finish
    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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    Fresh off the Easel: Heat Wave
    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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    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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    Pastel Painting: "Meeting at Mill Pond"
    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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    StudioSense: Filling the Gap
    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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    Pastel Painting: Huron High
    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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    Pastel Painting: Huron Serenity
    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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    StudioSense: Capturing Texture
    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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    StudioSense
    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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    Time to Name the Painting
    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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    Water and Leaves
    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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    A Tangled Web of Foliage
    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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