A Small Oil Pastel Landscape -with Burnt Lines

An Oil Pastel landscape done today.  I found some time amongst the inventory compilations for upcoming shows to complete another 5" x7" landscape in my new oil pastels.  The sun had been shining on the nearby wheat fields  and with the purple clouds floating above, the scene was begging to be painted.


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