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.

Progress on Dutch Warmblood

I have made some progress on the Dutch Warmblood mare. My scanner seems to find it hard to blend the colours - the way they are on the original - and over-emphasises shades of 'orange' and 'red'. Anyhow, I am quite happy with how the original has turned out so far and will now move on to the second head study. I'll spend some more time on this one once I've done the background, which will be a light beige.

Double horse head study - WIP scans

I am able to show you some WIP scans of the double horse portrait after all! It is of a beautiful bay Dutch Warmblood mare. This is the pencil outline:

I have been working on the left hand head study (as always, working from left to right so that I don't smudge anything with my hand). As you can see below, the first few layers of pastel have been applied and I can now move on to the finer detail. I have done work on the eye, ears and muzzle...and will now spends some time adding more structure to the horse's nose and cheek. I'll keep you posted!

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!