The oil painting is marvelous too, and thanks for showing the reference photos, I think there is nothing to say about the likeness !
It has been a while since you posted this, do you have new pastels to show here ? What has become of this one, you mentioned you were pausing to show it here, have you left it untouched ? I think it is fine as it is, except maybe for the white area to the left.
Also I wonder about letting the surface of the paper show so much : the pastel pigment itself should not be altered in time, but usually coloured papers fade in time which would change the whole balance of your original work.
Gwenneth Barth has a DVD "Creating A Portrait In Pastel"
I know what they say about working with hard pastels and moving on to softer and softer ones.... But I tend to work the other way around : it is interesting to learn how other people work to give you new insights, but it is so much fun working your way around difficulties all by yourself at first.
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