This is oil pastel on paper. It was made as a study for an ochre-themed acrylic painting which I made as a gift. The ochre-themed painting was actually this concept with the concept of the Socrates sketch.

Most people who see this (and like it) say that they like the sky. It was made by blending. Back then it was my preferred technique. I was so conscious of the color scheme: I felt that the colors had to complement each other. so if I wanted to have a red sunset, I also had to put some green at the bottom. But I made the mistake of drawing the foreground first. But I still had to have red so i just put the red over the columns and voila.