Marietta enjoys pastels because the stick pigments allow more of a sketch like quality to the picture plane. It's immediate, no blending, mixing or over glazes. Pastels will often become a preliminary for a larger oil painting, but not always. The only downside is the powdery mess!
Pastels
Ketchikan, Pastel on Paper, 14 x 18
Mill Creek II, Pastel on Paper, 14 x 16
Mill Creek, Pastel on Paper, 14 x 18
Cook's Cove, Pastel on Paper, 14 x 16
Guemes Channel + Ship, Pastel on Paper, 11 x 14
Glacier Bay, Pastel on Paper, 14 x 16
Mattawa, Pastel on Paper, 14 x 17