I have spent most of this afternoon working on a picture taken in Taos, New Mexico of an adobe building.  It's quite a way from being finished and I'm struggling with it because it has lots of shadows.  However, I am persevering. 

Today I have ordered some more art supplies from Dick Blick my preferred source, mostly sanded paper and a few more pastels.  Sanded paper is wonderful to work on, it takes so many layers of pastel.