Pastel Technique: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Working on the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, a breathtaking vista from photos my world traveler daughter Sara took last year. Here's...
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Bob Palmerton
- Aug 3, 2017
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: Matthaei Field
I recently completed this 8x10 painting which I started with an acrylic-based orange tone to the Uart sanded paper. You can still see...
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Bob Palmerton
- Aug 2, 2017
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: Fall Color Hike
When my son Matthew was in Cub Scouts in Saline, Michigan (early on his journey to achieve Eagle Scout), an annual ritual for the troop...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jul 31, 2017
- 1 min
Pastel Technique: Acrylic Underpainting
I thought I would spice up my underpainting techniques to do paint this landscape of a field at Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor....
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Bob Palmerton
- Jul 24, 2017
- 1 min
Pastel Technique: Experimenting with Black
I had the pleasure to meet Michael McKee at the Ann Arbor Art Fair this weekend. Mike creates vibrant pastels drawn on a black...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jul 22, 2017
- 1 min
New Pastel Painting - Woolley Park Stroll
Woolley Park Stroll was started en plein air with my studio assistant Cosmo. Completed today, I decided to enhance some of the...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jul 21, 2017
- 1 min
Life's a Beach! Plein Air at its best!
In August I will be at Breezy Point, New York, painting new "beach-scapes!" Here is a painting I did back in 2008 of the jetty and...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jul 19, 2017
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: Exploring Ravello
After climbing over 600 steps from Amalfi to Ravello, on the Amalfi Coast of Italy, my family entourage and I finally arrived at the...
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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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Bob Palmerton
- Jul 15, 2017
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: Santa Catalina Monastery
The colorful Santa Catalina Monastery is located in Arequipa, Peru. The monastery was founded in 1579. This painting represents a small...
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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...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jul 5, 2017
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: Garlic "Out To Dry"
I have joyfully harvested my first collection of garlic!. After placing one clove each in about thirty raised-bed cavities in my...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jul 3, 2017
- 2 min
Plein Air Pastel Painting - Pittsfield Preserve
With a clear blue sky I headed out this morning at about 7 am with my dog Cosmo with plans to do a plein air painting in the Pittsfield...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jun 6, 2017
- 1 min
Pastel Technique: Keeping it Small and Simple
While working on another large 21x27 pastel painting, I thought I would break up my schedule with a small study. At the same time, I...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jun 2, 2017
- 2 min
Painting Technique - Composition Part II
Working on the ever-changing Teton Vista, several adjustments to the composition have been made. I started this painting in out first...
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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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Bob Palmerton
- May 20, 2017
- 2 min
Pastel Technique - Watercolor Underpainting
Here's the latest version of "Ski Tracks." The composition is established to invite the viewer to follow the tracks toward the horizon....
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Bob Palmerton
- May 15, 2017
- 2 min
Pastel Technique - Watercolor Underpainting
Here's the latest version of "Ski Tracks." The composition is established to invite the viewer to follow the tracks toward the horizon....
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Bob Palmerton
- May 12, 2017
- 1 min
Painting Technique: What You See is Not What You Get
See the color in the photo below; this photo was digitally enhanced as best as I could using Microsoft Office. In fact, without...
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Bob Palmerton
- May 8, 2017
- 1 min
Pastel Technique: Seeing Spots
One of the joys of painting landscapes in pastels is the ability to quickly add dashes and spots of different color to express density...
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