I used a turquoise NuPastel for the underpainting of the fir trees, and the fact that it peeks through is about the only thing satisfying about this effort. The photo doesn’t show the snow well, but I used yellows, pinks and light blues as the snow rather than straight white. The snow on the branches was actually a very pale yellow color — almost white — and a Blue Earth pastel.

And these are the pastel sticks I used.