step by step horse drawing in pastel

Step by step horse in pastel (Art Spectrum soft pastels on Colourfix paper)

I think there is another step ... I'll post it soon.

life drawing

We had a very ambitious model in life drawing. She had trouble holding some of her poses - but you had to admire her determination!

chestnut arabian - oil sketch

A sketch of an Arabian horse on Colourfix paper.

humanity

The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them. That's the essence of inhumanity.
George Bernard Shaw

blue and red - ink horse

Horse in Liquid Spectrum ink on Colourfix paper. Using heaps of luscious ink and creating the suggestion of detail without actually having much detail at all! Putting ink onto ink requires that you let go of the outcome to a certain degree. Great practice for perfectionists ...

byerley turk II

work in progress - rearing horse II

See Feb 25 post for the first phase. I have began working in more light/shade contrast and adding some detail. I like to put the eye in at an early phase, because then I really feel that the image has began to develop its own presence - its own spirit!

work in progress - rearing horse

A pastel drawing I started a few days ago. I suppose a rearing white horse is a cliche - but I think there's a good reason for that!

Hosing down Juno

Ink (Liquid Spectrum) on Colourfix board. My husband kindly cleaning the sweat off Juno while I put the tack away!

inspiration - horses I know

This is an ink (Liquid Spectrum) on Colourfix board. It's inspired by a photo my husband took of me with Helen's mare, Juno. I'm just reaching down to stretch out her front legs before riding. I've emphasised our shadows so the image is almost becoming abstract in the left corner. Some of the intensity of the blue ink has been lost in this reproduction.