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    Bob Palmerton Pastels

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    Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.  - Henry David Thoreau
     

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    StudioSense: Warming up the Beach
    Bob Palmerton
    • Sep 5, 2019
    • 1 min

    StudioSense: Warming up the Beach

    On a sunny, early morning on the beach at Breezy Point, New York, there is a distinctive warm glow in the sand and grasses that comprise ...
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    From Barns to Beach
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jul 20, 2019
    • 1 min

    From Barns to Beach

    It's that time of the year! After traversing the countryside and the farmland around Ann Arbor, Michigan, I will be heading out to New Y...
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    Pastel Painting: Ruby Beach - Olympic Peninsula
    Bob Palmerton
    • May 31, 2019
    • 2 min

    Pastel Painting: Ruby Beach - Olympic Peninsula

    On the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, you can find Ruby Beach, situated on the Pacific Ocean. The curiosity of this location is the mas...
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    Great Lakes Pastel Society Members Show
    Bob Palmerton
    • May 23, 2019
    • 1 min

    Great Lakes Pastel Society Members Show

    The Great Lakes Pastel Society will hold its Members Exhibit at the Carnegie Center for the Arts in Three Rivers, Michigan. The exhibit w...
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    Pastel Painting: "Rock Rumba on Glass Beach"
    Bob Palmerton
    • Apr 30, 2019
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: "Rock Rumba on Glass Beach"

    Glass Beach is on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. And there are plenty of rocks to stumble over as one searches for sea glass. Thi...
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    StudioSense: Planning the Next Painting
    Bob Palmerton
    • Apr 17, 2019
    • 2 min

    StudioSense: Planning the Next Painting

    The joy of being an artist is not so much the completed product as it is the process of creating the art in the first place! For this ne...
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    Pastel Painting: Surf's Up at Acadia
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jan 10, 2019
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: Surf's Up at Acadia

    A rough day in the Atlantic at Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine. This 12x16 pastel was inspired by a hike on the Ocean Path Tra...
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    StudioSense: Toning the Dark Pastel Surface
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jan 4, 2019
    • 2 min

    StudioSense: Toning the Dark Pastel Surface

    I recently visited Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine. The day was overcast with a misty atmosphere exacerbated by the violent At...
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    StudioSense: Preparing a New Painting
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jun 13, 2018
    • 2 min

    StudioSense: Preparing a New Painting

    Working on my Breezy Point series early this morning. Here is the reference photo, which depicts the Breezy Point lighthouse on the bay ...
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    Pastel Painting: Resting My Wings
    Bob Palmerton
    • May 22, 2018
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: Resting My Wings

    At Breezy Point, a beach community on the Atlantic Ocean in Queens, New York, early morning and late day brings out the most brilliant co...
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    StudioSense: A New Look and Feel
    Bob Palmerton
    • Mar 13, 2018
    • 2 min

    StudioSense: A New Look and Feel

    During summer vacation at the beach in August, 2017, I whipped up several pastel paintings of Breezy Point and its beach community. This w...
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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 au...
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    Pastel Painting: Bay Boats at Breezy Point
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jan 7, 2018
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: Bay Boats at Breezy Point

    What better time is there to celebrate memories of summer when the temperature is below zero in Michigan? Here is the final rendition of ...
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    Pastel Technique: Adding a "Misty" look to the Landscape
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jan 4, 2018
    • 2 min

    Pastel Technique: Adding a "Misty" look to the Landscape

    Creating distance in a landscape is often achieved by muting the color as you near the horizon. You can also create a misty look to conv...
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    Painting Technique: Defining Your Style
    Bob Palmerton
    • Dec 23, 2017
    • 2 min

    Painting Technique: Defining Your Style

    Accomplished artists have a distinct "style" about their work. At the Chicago Pastel Painters Biennial National Juried Exhibition, my aw...
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    Painting Technique - Planning the Painting
    Bob Palmerton
    • Dec 17, 2017
    • 3 min

    Painting Technique - Planning the Painting

    Planning the painting before you touch the canvas is a critical first step to a successful piece of art. My other artistic joy is photog...
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    Pastel Painting Technique: Capturing the Sandy Beach
    Bob Palmerton
    • Dec 1, 2017
    • 2 min

    Pastel Painting Technique: Capturing the Sandy Beach

    Time to start reminiscing about summer as the cold, dark days of winter emerge. My current project in "Bay Boats," inspired by the scene ...
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    Painting Technique - Adding Character(s) to the Landscape
    Bob Palmerton
    • Nov 21, 2017
    • 2 min

    Painting Technique - Adding Character(s) to the Landscape

    In November, I published this blog on adding characters to the landscape. Recently, while working on "Wind Chill," I decided that I need...
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    Dunes Sunset at Breezy Point - Oil Painting
    Bob Palmerton
    • Oct 8, 2017
    • 3 min

    Dunes Sunset at Breezy Point - Oil Painting

    Continuing on my beach theme from summer vacation at Breezy Point, New York, below is my first oil painting done since my last tampering ...
    27 views1 comment
    A Long Walk to the Jetty - Pastel Painting
    Bob Palmerton
    • Sep 27, 2017
    • 1 min

    A Long Walk to the Jetty - Pastel Painting

    The spot on the beach at Breezy Point where we park our beach chairs and umbrellas, just off Marion Walk, is a long way to the Jetty. The...
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