I spent three days last week at an Alain Picard workshop (he’s excellent); I learned that in order to be more loose and relaxed I need to do a lot more prepping and pre-drawing, so I’m going to try to turn over a new leaf. I came home to this piece nearly finished on the easel, and decided to remove several parts of the set up to strengthen the composition. 12×16 on UArt 500 Dark, Mount Vision, Sennelier, Art Spectrum Ultra Lights and pastel pencils to detail and blend. Comments are always greatly appreciated. Thanks for looking. Neal