Pastel on blue toned charcoal paper - painted from life at open studio. One of my goals in this painting was to use the underneath tone of the paper in the picture. I achieved that best on the clothing, but less successfully in the face, where by tring to get a likeness of the model, I feel that I somewhat overworked this area. I will remove some of the pastel in the face to get back to the tone of the paper, and will definitely remove those two sharp lines in the lower right that are very distracting. It really helps to view the piece on a photograph and away from the easel.