Bob Palmerton 

In early September, upon arriving at Point Pelee National Park in Leamington, Ontario, a dark sky and brisk winds off Lake Erie greeted me upon arrival. Lake Erie portrayed an "eerie" green hue, broken up by fierce white caps. Representing my recent foray into oil painting, Point Pelee Storm captures the brisk wind and rough seas in this lovely park in southern Ontario. #PointPeleeNationalPark #seascape #Beach

Looking forward to an Autumn trip to Point Pelee National Park in Ontario, here's another version of the Labor Day weekend trip to the marsh walk at Point Pelee. This painting was begun in a demo for the Garden City Arts Club at the Michigan Art Center. There is a complementary color acrylic underpainting (orange beneath the blues and red behind the greens) to help bring out the brilliant colors of pastels. #PointPeleeNationalPark #marsh

I am scheduled to teach "Enhanced Landscapes in Pastel" at the Michigan Art Center, starting Wednesday October 11 for five sessions. Last night I performed a demo of a pastel painting for the Garden City Arts Group (Garden City, Michigan). The pastel painting I created started with a vibrant under-painting of acrylic paint, using the complementary colors of the marsh landscape from Point Pelee in Ontario. Here's a version of a similar painting done over the Labor Day weeken

Following a visit to Point Pelee National Park near Leamington, Ontario on Labor Day weekend, an inspiring scene off the Marsh Boardwalk encouraged me to start my latest painting. Here is the reference photo: My first step was to sketch the major masses of water foliage and pond areas (sketch not shown here). I next identified the values of the scene (the shades of light and dark) by numbering them on the sketch according to a gray scale finder. I tend to choose my pastels