Saturday, April 12, 2008
Despite an unpleasant migraine and otherwise being rather busy, I have made some progress on the two horse portrait commissions I am currently working on as you can see below. I am hoping to finish the one of the English Thoroughbred mare today - well, almost anyway, as the client is not sure yet what colour to choose for the background.
Simply Sharp - work in progress
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
My latest horse portrait commissions
I've got a lot of equine portrait commissions to do at the moment which I am enjoying very much. I just love horses and, of course, drawing them! I've just done the draft for the pastel head study of 'Picasso', a Dutch Warmblood. 
I've also made some progress on the English Thoroughbred's portrait as you can see below.
Back to the easel!

I've also made some progress on the English Thoroughbred's portrait as you can see below.
Back to the easel!Labels: Dutch Warmblood, English Thoroughbred, equine portrait commission, horse portrait, pastel, Picasso
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Simply Sharp - portrait of a Thoroughbred mare
My next commission is a pastel portrait of an English Thoroughbred mare called 'Simply Sharp'. She is one of 4 Thoroughbreds (all related - apparently, 'Sharpo' is a well-known racing horse) that I will be drawing for this client, including Simply Sharp's young son 'Sharpolino', and two others called 'Otxoa' and 'Carlitos'.
So this is the draft of Simply's portrait that I just completed:

Labels: commission, English Thoroughbred, pastel portrait, racing horse, Sharpo



