Old Gnarly Charlie
My first plein air of the Spring season is Gnarly Charlie. Charlie can be found at Marshview Meadows Park in Pittsfield Township,...
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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
- 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 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...
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Bob Palmerton
- Apr 9, 2019
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: Under the Pines at Lake Quinault
Traveling through Olympic National Forest, I came upon this spot on Lake Quinault. Pastel painting, 9x12, done on Uart 320 grade paper....
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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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Bob Palmerton
- Sep 15, 2018
- 2 min
StudioSense: Fake Painting Tips
This blog article is an update to one published in March of 2018. The final version of the painting "Woodland Waltz" is posted at the...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jun 4, 2018
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: Morning Snack at Wooley Park
My initial foray into plein air painting resulted in the painting below, "Wooley Park Stroll." As this painting sat in inventory I felt...
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Bob Palmerton
- May 14, 2018
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: Tuesday's Trillium
On a hike through a nearby nature preserve last Tuesday, I followed a woodland trail and came across newly-sprouted gatherings of "Great...
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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 8, 2018
- 1 min
StudioSense: Clear Blue (and yellow, orange, pink) Sky
Updating a post from last year, I recently started an early spring landscape with an early morning clear "blue" sky. Capturing the...
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Bob Palmerton
- Apr 26, 2018
- 3 min
Pastel Painting: Woodland Waltz
If my regular blog followers have recognized that my blogging has become rather sparse, I blame it on this painting, "Woodland Waltz." It...
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Bob Palmerton
- Apr 12, 2018
- 3 min
StudioSense: Name that Painting
An enduring challenge for many artists is arriving at the name for a landscape painting. Personally, here are my opinions. I don't...
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Bob Palmerton
- Mar 28, 2018
- 1 min
StudioSense: Seeing Nature through a Master's Lens
Monet said it all: "When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before you...merely think, here is a little square of...
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Bob Palmerton
- Feb 25, 2018
- 2 min
Pastel Painting - Spring Break and the Great Smoky Mountains
Spring Break time is coming soon! "Season's Transitions" was inspired by a hike on the Chimney Tops trail at Great Smoky National Park. ...
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Bob Palmerton
- Feb 19, 2018
- 2 min
StudioSense: "Snow Blue and the Seven Dwarfs?"
Last year I published this blog addressing how snow can exude a variety of colors, mostly of blues, purples and cool pinks. As I...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jan 11, 2018
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: Ski Jump
Snow has finally arrived in Southeast Michigan (and most of the northern US)! This painting was inspired by a cross-country skiing...
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Bob Palmerton
- Sep 5, 2017
- 2 min
Pastel Painting Technique: From Start to Finish
Following a visit to Point Pelee National Park near Leamington, Ontario on Labor Day weekend, an inspiring scene off the Marsh Boardwalk...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jul 17, 2017
- 2 min
Pastel Technique: Impressionistic Touches
On another plein air excursion this past weekend, I came across a bucolic early morning scene at Wooley Pary, just west of South State...
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