Bob Palmerton

Cadence, Drawing, Pastels on Pastel Sandpaper

2021

Inspired by a hike on the Trail of Cedars at Glacier National Park. :: Drawing :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Rea...

Award winner at the Chicago Pastel Painters Bi-annual National Juried Exhibit at the McCord Gallery in Palos Park, IL., October 2021. The McCord Gallery featured Winter's Breath on t...

Torrent was inspired by a visit to Bond Falls in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. :: Drawing :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificat...

Inspired by an early morning hike at the Pittsfield Preserve near Ann Arbor, Michigan. :: Drawing :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed b...

A New Session This reclining nude is completed two days after the last model session I held at my studio. Being the first drawing I completed after July’s session means last month’s drawing has not been completed yet. This one was relatively easy though. It comprises a fairly simple composition with no technical or compositionary challenges. I could focus on soft skin textures and folds in the sheets. First I made a rough estimation of the composition in charcoal. I worked it out with Conté pastel pencils (black and white) later. Relax Baby! After the completion of my colored pencil drawing ‘Leiden – Herengracht – 14-09-21’ I was in the mood for some simple stuff, nothing fancy. So I had her take a comfortable position, reading a book on paradoxes I bought a couple of weeks ago at the Groninger Museum. I like these talks with my model because it both makes us relax and somehow this relaxation speaks through the musculature in her back. I tried to capture that and I think I got away with it. Moreover, the bond between artist and model is important and when the right chemistry is there, magic can happen. Materials Completely coincidental the first thing I pulled out of the bag of drawing paper was a block of Strathmore Toned Gray. In my pencil and pastel case I found an old charcoal holder. Perfect for a session on the bed with me sketching on the bedside. When I come to think of it, the best model sessions are improvised, not fixated on too many poses. It can cramp both model and artist. The iPad Pro...

First heavy snow of the season in Southeast Michigan. Named after the hit 1969 song featured in the movie "Hair." Contact artist for additional framing options. :: Drawing :: Impr...

Contemporary realistic figurative mixed media drawing on cardboard by Polish artist Andrzej Szypluk. Monochromatic drawing of a female in nude. PROVE...

Contemporary realistic figurative mixed media drawing on cardboard by Polish artist Andrzej Szypluk. Monochromatic drawing of a female in nude. PROVE...

Contemporary realistic figurative mixed media drawing PROVENANCE Exhibited at Katarzyna Napiorkowska Gallery. The Gallery is a primary representative for this artist. The Gallery o...

Contemporary realistic figurative mixed media drawing PROVENANCE Exhibited at Katarzyna Napiorkowska Gallery. The Gallery is a primary representative for this artist. The Gallery o...

BERNARD SLEIGH (1872-1954) Moored Boats Pastel Framed 24 by 22 cm., 9 ½ by 8 ½ in. (frame size ) At the age of 14 Sleigh was apprenticed to a wood e...

Yuriy Ibragimov's "Head Study 1" is an original, handmade pastel drawing that depicts a woman's ivory face, with sharp cheekbones and downcast eyes, em...