Drowning at Avalanche Lake
Well actually, I drowned in the beauty of Avalanche Lake, and I survived to enjoy crafting this landscape in pastel. There are a variety...
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Bob Palmerton
- Mar 14, 2022
- 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
- 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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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
- 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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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