Thoroughbred pastel portrait update

The portrait of Carlitos is coming along very nicely - grey horses are not easy to draw (especially not on white paper) so I am very pleased with how the portrait is developing. The horse's owner has seen the WIPs and is already thrilled. :o)

New horse portraits - update

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.

Picasso - work in progress

Simply Sharp - work in progress

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!

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: