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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...

Bob Palmerton
Jul 20, 20171 min read


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...

Bob Palmerton
Jul 19, 20171 min read


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...

Bob Palmerton
Jul 17, 20172 min read


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...

Bob Palmerton
Jul 15, 20171 min read


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...

Bob Palmerton
Jul 8, 20171 min read


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...

Bob Palmerton
Jul 4, 20171 min read


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...

Bob Palmerton
Jul 2, 20172 min read


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...

Bob Palmerton
Jun 5, 20171 min read


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...

Bob Palmerton
Jun 2, 20172 min read


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

Bob Palmerton
May 22, 20172 min read


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....

Bob Palmerton
May 20, 20172 min read


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....

Bob Palmerton
May 15, 20172 min read


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...

Bob Palmerton
May 12, 20171 min read


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


Pastel Painting - Pittsfield Preserve
The latest version of my plein air painting at the Pittsfield Preserve. I guess it is 50% "plein air" as I am completing the pastel in...

Bob Palmerton
May 5, 20171 min read


Pastel Technique: Grass without the Blades
As I was painting the grass portion of a recent landscape started in plein air, I was faced with the unexciting challenge of painting...

Bob Palmerton
May 3, 20171 min read


Pastel Technique - Plein Air Setup
Today I headed out to the Pittsfield Preserve off Marton Road in Pittsflield Township. A sunny day with temps about 65 were perfect...

Bob Palmerton
Apr 23, 20171 min read


Upcoming Show in South Haven
I will be attending the Great Lakes Pastel Society Member's Exhibit in South Haven, Michigan. The event will be at the South Haven Center...

Bob Palmerton
Apr 20, 20171 min read


Big Mountains, Small Painting
My daughter Sara toured the National Parks last summer and has shared a plethora of gorgeous landscapes from Grand Teton National Park...

Bob Palmerton
Apr 20, 20171 min read


Italy's Colors
I enjoy the oranges, reds and greens of medieval Italy! Here is the current version or Ravello. Working those greens, blues, purples,...

Bob Palmerton
Apr 13, 20171 min read
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