"Charleston Memory" is pastel on sanded paper, 27x19".  This started out as a literal portrayal of a scene I photographed on a trip to Charleston, a familiar and lovely sun-soaked plaza.  It was pretty enough but not very interesting to me.  I have never experimented with painting pastels with water on a brush so I decided to see what would happen.  There was a good chance it would lift the pastel and the sand off the paper and be toast.  Surprisingly, the water smoothly mixed with the chalk and with minimal application did not disrupt the paper.  The scene took on a dreamlike quality.  I like how the lines sort of walk through it.