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    Bob Palmerton Pastels

    Contemplative Landscapes

    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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    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 fie...
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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 Rainfor...
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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: Under the Pines at Lake Quinault
    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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    Pastel Painting: "Meeting at Mill Pond"
    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 a...
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    StudioSense: Fake Painting Tips
    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 bo...
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    Pastel Painting: Morning Snack at Wooley Park
    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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    Pastel Painting: Tuesday's Trillium
    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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    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: Clear Blue (and yellow, orange, pink) Sky
    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 gradat...
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    Pastel Painting: Woodland Waltz
    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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    StudioSense: Name that Painting
    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 clai...
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    StudioSense: Seeing Nature through a Master's Lens
    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 b...
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    Pastel Painting - Spring Break and the Great Smoky Mountains
    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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    StudioSense: "Snow Blue and the Seven Dwarfs?"
    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 continu...
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    Pastel Painting: Ski Jump
    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 ventu...
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    Pastel Painting Technique: From Start to Finish
    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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    Pastel Technique: Impressionistic Touches
    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 Ro...
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    New Painting: Cross-Country Skiing in June
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jul 8, 2017
    • 1 min

    New Painting: Cross-Country Skiing in June

    The final version of Ski Tracks. Additional work on the shadows and scattered leaves in the snow capped off an enjoyable journey from un...
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    Painting Technique: Composition
    Bob Palmerton
    • May 22, 2017
    • 2 min

    Painting Technique: Composition

    Working on the Teton painting. Here is the initial version following creation of the underpainting and initial application of pastel: In...
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