Day 249 Experimental Tree

This aspen tree is just a little more graphic and I'm just playing around with pastels on black paper. I recently listened to an Artists Helping Artists segment with Leslie Saeta about oil painting on copper. I actually bought a sheet of copper from a roofing company and am dying to oil paint on it. It sounded fascinating. I can't find the BlogTalkRadio segment now ... but I remember something about a blowtorch and the cool colors you can achieve. What am I thinking? Can someone please stop me from experimenting? I don't have a blowtorch anyway ...

Experimental Tree
9x12 pastel