Red Deer stag painting progress

I'm currently splitting my time between this oil painting of a lovely red deer stag and a pencil commission for a client.I hope to be able to post the first instalment of my commission shortly but its taken a long time to get the outline correct on my rough paper and ive just transferred it onto my prepared drawing paper so there's not a great deal to see as yet.In the meantime ive continued with this large painting which is quite a nice antidote to the tight detail required on the pencil drawing!.This is actually my largest painting to date and I'm particularly enjoying the freedom to use larger brushes in a looser style that this allows.