Thoughts to share, ideas to ponder

This painting started as a large demonstration painting for a small invited group from the Pastel Society of Southern California and was continued the following day to emphasize some key principles in the Mentored Paint-a-Long.

I arranged and rearranged until the setting felt right....so worth the wait and the patience to do so, as I am quite pleased with the way this turned out.  Finished today and painted entirely from life.