Shadowland - stage 1

Following on from "Desert Daybreak" I am going to have the landscape in shadow again but this time  with a colour cloudscape. The location is near Henrieville in Utah and seem to be at the moment drawn to near/desert landscapes and landscapes in general that is more in keeping with the general theme of The Big Sky. No doubt I will be getting back to some urban scenes soon but maybe a bit different to the earlier Roadside Apocalypse pictures. 
I will probably collect all these sky paintings together and put them into a book no doubt entitled "The Big Sky".
This first stage is just an initial "drawing" and tone using a mix of Burnt Sienna and Winsor Violet.
Oil on linen 30: x 20".