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New England artist working in soft pastel
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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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Rue Lepic, Montmartre

#art #blueskyart #montmartre #ruelepic #usk #urbansketching #streetscape #paris
Ink sketch of Rue Lepic in Montmartre Paris. Walking down the hill and around the curvy street.
February 8, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Main Street Brockton MA

#art #blueskyart #usk #uskboston #brocktonma #streetscape #cityscape
Ink in paper line drawing of a city street with church in the background.
February 6, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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Longfellow & Storrow

Pastel on wood panel - 22”x16”

#art #blueskyart #boston #uskboston #bostonart #storrowdrive #pastel #softpastel
Colorful pastel painting of the T train bridge in Boston at Longfellow Bridge and Storrow Drive.
January 23, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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Pastel Sketch of The Lobster Pot.

#art #sketch #blueskyart #lobsterpot #provincetown #provincetownart #usk #urbansketching #pastel #softpastel
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 AM
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Quick pastel sketches (almost) daily in January. This is the courtyard at the Ringling Museum in Sarasota FL.

#art #pastel #urbansketching #blueskyart
January 10, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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Quick pastel sketches (almost) daily in January. This is downtown Brockton MA.

#art #pastel #urbansketching #blueskyart
Quick colorful pastel sketch of a street scene.
January 7, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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Today’s pastel sketch: a dry docked sailboat in the yard of an old house in Mystic, CT.
pastel sketch of a dry docked sailboat in the yard of an old house. Sketch has cool color palette and dark drawing outlines.
January 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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A couple of pen and pencil value sketches. Trying to make some kind of art every day this January!

Lobster Pot in Provincetown MA and the Ringling Museum in Sarasota FL.

#art #blueskyart #sketches
Pen and pencil value sketch of the Lobster Pot Pen and pencil value sketch of statues in the courtyard at the Ringling Museum
January 3, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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Station No. 2
12 x 12 soft pastel on prepared wood panel

I made a smaller version of this about a year ago and it sold at one of the galleries who display my work. My wife loved it so painted a larger version for her as a Christmas gift 🎅🏻

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#softpastel #urbanlandscape #art #blueskyart
Soft pastel painting of a red brick fire station against a blue sky.
January 1, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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Thankful for my neighborhood! Ink sketch on paper.

#art #blueskyart #blueskyartshow #usk #urbansketching #newenglandart #tripledecker
Line drawing sketch of a New England city street.
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Longfellow & Storrow

Ink on paper

#art #blueskyart #usk #urbansketching #boston #uskboston #bostonart #storrowdrive
October 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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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.
October 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Who here is old enough to know what she’s doing? 🤔

Soft pastel on sanded paper
16”x12”

#art #blueskyart #nostalgia #pastel #softpastel
Pastel painting of a woman in high heels and a green dress standing at a vintage machine of some sorts. The machine also seems to have high heels.
September 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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PJM & Forsythia Clippings No.3
8 x 8 soft pastel on prepared wood panel
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#softpastel #forsythia #softpastelpainting #pastel #pastelpainting #flowerspainting #stilllife #art #blueskyart
Soft pastel still life painting of flower clippings on a dining room table.
August 31, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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PJM & Forsythia Clippings No.2
8 x 8 soft pastel on prepared wood panel
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#softpastel #forsythia #softpastelpainting #pastel #pastelpainting #flowerspainting #stilllife #art #blueskyart
Soft pastel painting of forsythia and PJM flower clippings in a small glass milk jar on my dining room table.
August 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Woods Hole Skyline
11”x11” soft pastel on sanded paper

#art #blueskyart #pastel #blueskyartshow #skyline
Colorful pastel painting of rooftop skyline in Woods Hole, MA
August 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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PJM & Forsythia Clippings No.1
8 x 8 soft pastel on prepared wood panel
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#softpastel #forsythia #softpastelpainting #pastel #pastelpainting #flowerspainting #stilllife #art #painting #blueskyart
A colorful soft pastel painting of flower clippings in a short vase on a dining room table with cast shadow.
August 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Some value sketches of flower cuttings in small vases on my dining room table. #art #blueskyart #drawing #sketching
August 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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JFK & Dump Truck
Ink on paper
#art #blueskyart #sketch #urbansketching #manchesternh #manchvegas
July 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Holy Trinity Cathedral
12 x 9 soft pastel on sanded paper
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#softpastel #pastel #pastelpainting #newenglandart #manchesternh #manchesternhart #churchpainting #art #blueskyart
July 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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West Island Tower
14 x 11 soft pastel on sanded paper
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#softpastel #pastel #pastelpainting #newenglandart #westislandfairhaven #fairhavenma #fairhavenmassachusetts #ww2tower #beachart #art #blueskyart
Soft pastel painting of the blue and white striped tower at the beach in West Island, Fairhaven, MA
July 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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A Glance Down That Street
12 x 7.5 soft pastel on sanded paper
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#softpastel #urbanlandscape #softpastelpainting #urbanlandscapepainting #pastel #pastelpainting #streetscapepainting #urbanpainting #cityscapepainting #newenglandart #art #blueskyart #boston #newengland #vernaculararchitecture
Soft pastel painting of a New England street - in green and blue hues.
July 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Manchester NH street scene
#art #blueskyart #urbansketching
Black and white line sketch of JFK coliseum in Manchester NH
June 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Pitcher Bouquet
10 x 8 soft pastel on sanded paper
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#softpastel #softpastelpainting #pastel #pastelpainting #flowersmakemehappy #thebeautyofpastel #art #blueskyart #flowers
May 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM