Border Collie X pastel portrait started

After several equine portrait commissions, I have now started working on a canine full body study. Below you can see the rough pencil outline of a beautiful Border Collie X called 'Benji'. He'll be drawn in pastels on A3 sized paper.

Polo anyone? :o)

A few weeks ago, I went to see my first ever live polo match. Mr Charles Burrell of Knepp Castle in West Sussex kindly invited my partner and myself after we'd had a tour of the castle. There's a herd of Exmoor ponies on the estate that I was particularly interested in. I took loads of photos and will also draw the Exmoors at some stage but it was the polo that really impressed me. So here's a charcoal drawing of Mr Burrell on one of his polo ponies.

Double horse portrait finished

The double pastel portrait of 'Cassie', the Dutch Warmblood mare is now finished. The cream coloured background sets her off nicely.

I am now working on an equine charcoal drawing and a canine pastel portrait for a change....more in my next blog post.

Another update on horse portrait

Here's another update on the double horse portrait (second head study). Getting there!