Today I have been giving myself an exercise in using my Pan Pastels which I have only used once since I bought them and I wasn't too thrilled with them at that time.  But they were very much in evidence in New Mexico at the Convention and recently there has been a lot of discussion about them, so I decided it was time to have another attempt.  I'm doing a beach scene, mainly because I was keen to try my hand at some distinctive cloud formations in the photograph.  So far I'm enjoying myself with them and will probably finish tomorrow and post the end result here then.