Bob Palmerton

Toward the Hemlock Cliffs, Hoosier National Forest, Drawing, Pastels on Pastel

2020

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...

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...

Biking along Textile Road greenway near Saline, MI. :: Drawing :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :...

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...

Pastel titled Dona Lupe by Miguel Arguello (Spain, 1941-2005), who was invited in 1978 by the University of Santa Cruz, California to teach as an artist in residence. In 1993 he emba...

BRITISH SCHOOL (20th Century) Woman in a Bonnet Pastel, unframed, in conservation mount 5 ½ by 3 ¼ in., 14 by 8 cm. This drawing is one of a group of similar theatrical portrai...

This black and white charcoal and pastel painting features a Burmese temple landscape. Rising from clouds of gnarled trees, the temple’s triangular shape thins to a pointed dome, wit...

A large drawing by Harry McCormick from 1990's. An interior scene of a young woman in a low-lit bar. Artist: Harry McCormick, American (1942 - ) Title: At th...

Master portrait artist and illustration legend Bob Peak captures the likeness, dignity and essence of Saudi Arabia's King Faisal for Time Magazine Cover ...

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...