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Pastel Painting: Up North on Long Lake
My family's Thanksgiving holiday was (once again) spent "way up north, " traversing the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Northern...
Bob Palmerton
Jan 1, 20191 min read
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Pastel Painting: Early Sun
This is the final version of Early Sun, a 12x12 pastel painting done on an acrylic underpainting. You can read the blog about the...
Bob Palmerton
Oct 23, 20181 min read
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StudioSense: Bold Acrylic Underpainting
I will often start a pastel painting with an underpainting of either watercolor, acrylic, or a wash of pastel diluted with isopropyl...
Bob Palmerton
Oct 17, 20182 min read
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Pastel Painting - Huron River at Gallup Park
Continuing with my Gallup Park series, below is a view of the Huron River at Gallup Park in Ann Arbor, MI. The reference photo was taken...
Bob Palmerton
Oct 4, 20181 min read
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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...
Bob Palmerton
Aug 2, 20171 min read
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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...
Bob Palmerton
May 8, 20171 min read
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Pastel Painting: Lillie Park Vista
Here's the completed version of "Lillie Park Vista,' started in the "Landscape in Pastels" class this January at the Michigan Art Center.
Bob Palmerton
Feb 4, 20171 min read
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Pastel Painting: A dollop of effect
Working more blocks of value and color in the autumn tree painting, which i started at the Michigan Art Center landscape painting class....
Bob Palmerton
Feb 2, 20171 min read
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Picked Over
I could not resist painting this picked-over corn field in late September. The field is at the corner of Marton and Textile Roads, in...
Bob Palmerton
Dec 11, 20161 min read
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