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Bob Palmerton
- Jul 26, 2018
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: Wildflower Wonders (and a special offer)!
In Pittsfield Township, Michigan, just south of Ann Arbor and east of Saline, there is a series of nature preserves (the "Pittsfield...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jul 25, 2018
- 2 min
StudioSense: Digital Tricks
When I am not outdoors in one of my plein air painting excursions, I often take advantage of digital photography to enhance and complete...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jul 19, 2018
- 1 min
Oil Painting: Big Red Barn
There are plenty of barns in Michigan. Harkening back to reading the children's book "Big Red Barn" to my three children, I cam across...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jul 16, 2018
- 2 min
StudioSense: Summer Morning Field
Early mornings on humid summer days bring out an ethereal veil of the landscape, with a hazy look that almost blurs the nearby foliage...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jul 10, 2018
- 2 min
StudioSense: Capturing Texture
I've been busy lately adding oil painting to my painting activities and have not gotten around to blog much. So I searched for past...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jul 4, 2018
- 1 min
Oil Painting: "Clearing"
It feels like Christmas in July as I wrap up this painting! Hiking near Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jun 26, 2018
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: "Landing Zone"
Here is the completed painting of the Crane Creek Estuary scene at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. You can see the earlier...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jun 24, 2018
- 2 min
StudioSense: Stepping through the Jetty Painting
Hopefully soon I will do a time lapse video of a painting from start to finish. Since I haven't yet tackled that technology, I thought I...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jun 23, 2018
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: Breezy Point Jetty
I should probably call this "Breezy Point Jetty Number 3," as it is the third painting I have done of this iconic landmark on the...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jun 20, 2018
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: Wetland Wonders
Here's a painting based on my recent visit to Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge in Northwest Ohio. This scene can be found at the Crane...
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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 18, 2018
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: Breezy Point Lighthouse
On the bay (again) at Breezy Point. Time to go to the Atlantic side next for more scenes of the Breezy Point community! Click here for...
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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 13, 2018
- 2 min
StudioSense: Preparing a New Painting
Working on my Breezy Point series early this morning. Here is the reference photo, which depicts the Breezy Point lighthouse on the bay...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jun 12, 2018
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: Squall in the Tetons
A couple of years ago my daughter Sara hiked the region of the Great Tetons and returned with a bounty of grand photos, which I have used...
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Bob Palmerton
- Jun 11, 2018
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: Dawn at Marton Pond
The Pastel Society of America emails keep bugging me about submitting paintings for their annual juried exhibition in New York City. So...
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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
- 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
- Jun 2, 2018
- 1 min
Pastel Painting: Via S. Agata
Wrapping up my Italy cityscapes before heading out to do some plein air painting of the soon-to-be-summer landscape, here is "Via S....
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