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StudioSense: Name that Painting
An enduring challenge for many artists is arriving at the name for a landscape painting. Personally, here are my opinions. I don't...

Bob Palmerton
Apr 12, 20183 min read


StudioSense: Seeing Nature through a Master's Lens
Monet said it all: "When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before you...merely think, here is a little square of...

Bob Palmerton
Mar 28, 20181 min read


StudioSense: A Chip off the Old Brick
Back to the street scene in Lucca, Italy, addressed in a recent blog post. The subject at hand is how to paint a brick wall in pastel. ...

Bob Palmerton
Mar 26, 20181 min read


StudioSense: Seeing the Lake through the Trees
Hiking in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan last November, I cam across this varied collection of trees: Since the photo above is rather...

Bob Palmerton
Mar 24, 20183 min read


Pastel Painting: Off to Holland (MI. that is)
I'm happy to announce that "Wind Chill" has been accepted into the Great Lakes Pastel Society National Exhibit. It truly was a chilly day...

Bob Palmerton
Mar 20, 20181 min read


StudioSense: Mangiare a Lucca; Pastel Street Scene Lesson from Italy
This scene in Lucca, a medieval walled town in Tuscany, caught my attention while vacationing in Italy in 2016. I find this street scene...

Bob Palmerton
Mar 17, 20182 min read
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