I stumbled across this blog about horses and horseriding in Bromont where they ask for artwork of horses! I found this a really good excuse to draw this beautiful animal, and the site owner suggested that i pick an image from the site, and so I did.
I’m neither too happy, nor too concerned about the result of this one. There’s a lot of stuff that I’m happy about and a couple of things I’d like to improve in it. I think the general anatomy turned out good, except maybe for the horse’s head being a bit too small, which gives the impression of the horse being a little over-weight and perhaps not the best jumper. It looks more agile in the photo. I do have a problem with drawing people, especially when they are far away. Most of the person turned out ok, but after getting the face wrong, there’s no going bad with black ink. Furthermore, I’ve never quite got the grip of making quick abstractions of faces.. You know very-little detailed faces, that still look like faces. They tend to muddle up, before i figure out where everything should be! Last thing is the landscape that I would have liked a little more toned down. It takes a lot of attention away from the horse and rider with it’s strong colors. Maybe next time, I’ll work much wetter and just make it a hazy gradient of green red and blues.
I’m not unsatisfied with it! This is just auto critique! I am actually really happy about it – this is just to say that I don’t need any cheering up 😉 I think I’m moving forward!
I love it! The smaller horse head we can say the breed is Arabian. (They have small heads)
If you don’t mind I want to reblog this on Back Home in Bromont. 🙂
Great 🙂 Yeah it must be an Arabian then 😉
LOL, I use lines like that when I send photos to magazines. “Sure Clydesdale’s jump 6 foot fences!” 😉
Lol! You’ve got to know how to handle those guys 😉
I can’t help it if the horse looks fat at certain angles! They want a winning shot of the horse, they got it. 😀
“Well it’s mid-air so it can’t be that bad, can it?” 😉
Nothing a little photoshop can’t fix. 😉
Reblogged this on Back Home in Bromont and commented:
This was just done by Thomas over at One Drawing Daily. It’s from one of my shots and think it’s fantastic.
I think it’s wonderful, too, and don’t think the green’s too vivid. It just makes the horse and rider come right out of the background. I’d like to see the jump, though.
Thanks a lot 🙂
Great painting! I really like the colors on the horse & rider.
Thanks! I’m glad you like them!