Painting description

Another drawing in a series derived from brooding rain clouds which broke up to reveal a deep blue heaven... and in which the cross-winds, scattered crows wheeled and criss-crossed under the mottled canopy which was still spitting the last drops of rain as bright sunlight pierced through. I tried to capture the dynamic confusion on a 70 x 50 cms sheet of Arches Platine, with a colour palette of only blue and green pastels... familiar soft sticks made by Talens & Co, the Dutch company whose products I bought at art college half a century ago and which now give me added pleasure in use as I bring them back to life after so many years.