Pastel painting

I am taking a pastel painting class at our local art center this spring. Here is my first full scale painting -- never mind that I didn't have room for all of it on the page!!! But, I am pretty proud of it. Don't know that I'll go in for pastels in a big way -- as I spent approximately 6 HOURS doing this painting during two class periods!! I'm much more of a "quickie" artist!! But, it was good practice for me to have to work slowly and rework the colors -- with all that underpainting!!