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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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    The Brown Family Massacre
    Bob Palmerton
    • Mar 28, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Brown Family Massacre

    Working on pastel landscapes of an often drab Michigan Winter, I find that my selection of pastels tend to favor browns. It's a shame,...
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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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    The Sultry Days of Summer
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jun 21, 2019
    • 1 min

    The Sultry Days of Summer

    Just north of Brighton, Michigan on the northbound lanes of US 23, there's a vista on the right, depicting a stream winding through a...
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    Pastel Painting: Exploring the Hoh Rainforest
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jun 6, 2019
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: Exploring the Hoh Rainforest

    The latest landscape painting in my Pacific Northwest (PNW) series. This 12x16 pastel painting was inspired by a hike in the Hoh...
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    New Painting: The Beachcombers
    Bob Palmerton
    • May 21, 2019
    • 1 min

    New Painting: The Beachcombers

    This is my second foray into creating a painting on the subject of searching for sea glass on Glass Beach on the Olympic Peninsula. It...
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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...
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    Pastel Painting: Up North on Long Lake
    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...
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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: Gallup Park Canoe Livery
    Bob Palmerton
    • Sep 10, 2018
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: Gallup Park Canoe Livery

    Gallup Park, on the north side of Ann Arbor along the Huron River, presents a wealth of painting opportunities! This scene is off the...
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    StudioSense: Orange to Blue to "Green"
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jun 19, 2018
    • 2 min

    StudioSense: Orange to Blue to "Green"

    Earlier this month I posted this blog in which I chose among my collection of blues to complete an underpainting all in blue. Here was...
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    Pastel Painting: On the Bay at Breezy Point
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jun 17, 2018
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: On the Bay at Breezy Point

    Here's the latest pastel painting in my Breezy Point series. Looking forward to heading out to the beach in August! #BreezyPoint
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    Pastel Technique: Monday Morning Blues
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jun 5, 2018
    • 2 min

    Pastel Technique: Monday Morning Blues

    I recently re-arranged my pastel palette, which revealed an abundance of blues. So I thought I would take advantage of such a variety...
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    Pastel Painting: Pondering Spring
    Bob Palmerton
    • May 11, 2018
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: Pondering Spring

    It seems that with a few days of temperatures in the low 70's, that foliage bursts furiously in Southeast Michigan. This pond and field...
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    StudioSense: Pastel & Watercolor Underpainting
    Bob Palmerton
    • May 7, 2018
    • 1 min

    StudioSense: Pastel & Watercolor Underpainting

    Spring has finally arrived in Southeast Michigan. Touring a local nature preserve with my dog Cosmo, I came across this scene, replete...
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    StudioSense: Seeing the Lake through the Trees
    Bob Palmerton
    • Mar 24, 2018
    • 3 min

    StudioSense: Seeing the Lake through the Trees

    Hiking in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan last November, I cam across this varied collection of trees: Since the photo above is rather...
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    New Pastel Painting - "Wind Chill"
    Bob Palmerton
    • Feb 17, 2018
    • 1 min

    New Pastel Painting - "Wind Chill"

    Inspired by a cold late November afternoon on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, "Wind Chill" is a 21x27 inch pastel painting on Uart sanded...
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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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    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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