march moment

This is a demo from a private class today, another scene from my Nisqually Wildlife Refuge reference photos. Working with 3 values and keeping it simple with a black acrylic underpainting.
"March Moment•," 8x6 inches, pastel on Wallis paper mounted on 4 ply archival matboard. You can look at it with the magnifier tool here http://www.dailypaintworks.com/Artists/barbara-benedetti-newton-2335