Girl in the grass

I took some photos along the way on this one. Only took a few days to complete, working on it now and then whenever I found time.

My tiny reference photo.

Yes, I really do only have the set of pastels in the above image, plus a small handful of single flesh-tones. 

Had to darken her hair a bunch more. This is just an old frame I had laying around, it's getting a better one.

What I learned: to tape off the edges, so I don't work all the way to the edge. I worked all the way to the edge of the paper on this one and it was difficult to mat and frame. And that I'm not real good at photographing my work yet either.