Richard,
I like this piece very much. It has a lot of life to it. The color is fresh and not overworked. Do more from life! Don't worry about composition and background so much. Pastel is tricky to manage at first and this shows how much your mastery of a difficult medium has come along.
I was talking to a friend of mine, a well known pastellist, she says that you have to get aquainted with the pastel colors. So you know , say, that, Sennelier mummy # 110, is just the right highlight color. It is somewhat like learning the placement of letters on a typewriter. You kind of have familiarize yourself with the countless colors and values. After a while it comes almost automatically. That is until you buy another set of pastels!
Dragoon your relatives and friends. I would but they refuse to wear tutus!
Sincerely,
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