Exmoor Ponies - Take One

I've been invited to submit to an exhibition in October celebrating everything Exmoor at the Dulverton Guildhall. I'm producing two paintings with Exmoor ponies as the subjects and here is the beginnings of the first. I put down the background yesterday and have let it dry overnight allowing me today to block in the colour on the ponies. I won't be able to tell if I'm entirely happy with the background until the painting is complete but it's currently how I had envisaged.