Artwork IV, and some philosophy

I am not a person who makes drawings often. I don't feel like drawing most of the times largely because it is very time consuming.
So, when do I feel like drawing? Its a very difficult question. From whatever experience I've had till now, I think its either when I'm too happy or too sad. When I'm too happy, I tend to go crazy. So, its a nice way to dissipate that energy. And when I'm down, it helps me feel good. I wonder what the case is with the other people who draw.

About this particular artwork, my reference was a National Geographic photo. The scene is set in British Columbia, Canada. I took an instant liking to the freshness in this photograph.

Infact I've a certain version about this picture which goes as follows - The first girl(from the left) is leaning ahead. I guess she is the most independent among the three and doesn't like being nagged too much. The girl in the middle likes both her friends equally while the third is very affectionate in nature.

By the way, I again used oil pastels and some pencil colours to make this painting.

Artwork III

This is my first move away from potraits. Making this stuff is so different from potraits. One doesn't need to get the scaling(of the face) right, so it saves time with the pencil. Infact you can totally avoid using a pencil. But then, there is a lot of stuff to do with colours, so overall it takes almost the same time.
I'm going to continue with pastels for now. They are so much fun! I plan to mix up dry pastels with wet colours in my next paintings.