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Greg Sandford

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New England artist working in soft pastel https://linktr.ee/gregsandford

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Greg Sandford @gregsandford.bsky.social · Mar 15

Dozing Off
24 x 20
Soft pastel on wood panel
#art #blueskyart #pastel #softpastel #painting

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Greg Sandford @gregsandford.bsky.social · 1d

@jennylsq.bsky.social I feel like the question songs you just nerdily listed on the radio are all pretty high energy. Here’s one that fits both those criteria: “Where’d You Go?” By the Bosstones!

Greg Sandford @gregsandford.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you 🙂

Greg Sandford @gregsandford.bsky.social · 12d

Longfellow & Storrow

Ink on paper

#art #blueskyart #usk #urbansketching #boston #uskboston #bostonart #storrowdrive

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Greg Sandford @gregsandford.bsky.social · 26d

Sketch of Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA

#art #sketch #blueskyart #lobsterpot #provincetown #provincetownart #usk #urbansketching

Ink sketch of the crosswalk in front of the Lobster Pot on Commercial Street in Provincetown, MA.

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Greg Sandford @gregsandford.bsky.social · Sep 14

Yes! It is very similar to fine grit sand paper from the hardware store, but it’s made special for pastels so the pigments and dust stick to the paper. I also sometimes add rock tumbler grit to acrylic paint and paint over wood panels to achieve a similar surface.

Greg Sandford @gregsandford.bsky.social · Sep 14

Excellent guess!

Greg Sandford @gregsandford.bsky.social · Sep 14

Thank you for the kind words 🙏🏻

Greg Sandford @gregsandford.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thanks for the pro tip!

Greg Sandford @gregsandford.bsky.social · Sep 9

Ahhh the good old days

Greg Sandford @gregsandford.bsky.social · Sep 9

I love your machines. Discovered them through the process of painting this piece. 🤓 my wife says there is one at the Boston MFA which we visit pretty regularly so I need to check it out next time I’m there.

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Greg Sandford @gregsandford.bsky.social · Sep 9

Very cool! There’s a company @artomat.bsky.social that does it too!

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Greg Sandford @gregsandford.bsky.social · Sep 8

Me too. Every Chinese food restaurant lobby in New England had one.

Greg Sandford @gregsandford.bsky.social · Sep 8

I too loved a juke box. My high school cafeteria had one and “Burning Down the House” by the Talking Heads was often played on repeat.

However… this woman is paying for a different vice other than rock and roll…