New to Pastels

Alice Cook, 12" X 16"
 

A few days ago I was sitting in my studio feeling pretty tired, but I wanted to do some art.  As I stared blankly ahead, in the corner of my eye I saw the new pastels that I bought a few months ago.  I have had no training in pastel and have not read much about it, but when I bought it a few months ago I had the desire to try them.  So a few days ago, I did a landscape of an impression of a wheat field.  I used Prismacolor's NuPastels.  They were long and thin and easily broke, but I did enjoy the intensity of color.  Here is the landscape I completed, it was fun and I learned some things about pastels as I was doing it.  Enjoy!