pastels

Today on a whim I decided to draw with pastels for a couple hours. I haven't done any pastel drawing for a long time. I thought I would try sandpaper so I walked over to the hardware store and bought five sheets of 320 grit sandpaper. Here are the results:






Not so bad, and I'm sure I will improve if I keep doing them.
Unfortunately, I do like to smear and blend pastels using my fingers. This is a problem when working on sandpaper- right now my left pointer finger is unnervingly transparent.