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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...

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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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