This has become for me the “Horse From Hell”! Oops, can I say that on
The hand had to stay subtle. I had to hold back from adding lots of detail.
I only water-colored and color pencil’d the horse’s body about 5 times. Finally applied really dark brown watercolor by brush to really darken the area. I think I was afraid of going too dark.
The picture has more shadows coming off of the body reflected on the green sash, but I just wasn’t seeing those too well, so I didn’t deepen the shadows.
I think I get why painting is so popular. The beauty of watercolor painting is this, as I touch up all these little areas with so many different browns, I can keep holding onto the same brush, I don’t have to stop and grab a different colored pencil. What a time saver.
Inspiration picture taken by me last year at Churchill Downs.
This turned out o.k.
I think it’s even frame worthy. Now that’ll cost a buck or two!My daughter thinks it needs a background…but I say I’m trying to imitate Norman Rockwell!! Haha
Oh my it did turn out wonderful!
ReplyDeleteYes, it's definitely worthy of a frame! It turned out fantastic. No background needed.
ReplyDeleteHi Barb! Hi Janet!! Thanks for your nice comments...kinda wish I could do backgrounds but not even sure where to start :)
ReplyDeleteI'm with Janet! You have grown so much as an artist this year!! I cannot imagine what you'll do next!
ReplyDeleteHi Trece and Wow!! I can live on the compliment for a very long time!! Thank YOU :)
ReplyDeleteSeriously, this is an amazing piece! You did a great job with all the textures and folds...so realistic!!
ReplyDeleteHi Andria! Thanks so much for your nice comments :)
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