Horse portraits in pastels

There is actually something I can show you! I did two horse portraits on velour paper last week...both pastels. I used my own reference photos and had loads of fun!

Horse pastel portrait - another update

And another update... I know it doesn't look like I've done much but it is quite a big portrait so it does take time. Bea is a very pretty mare so I'm certainly enjoying drawing her!

Two horse portraits started

Right, I mentioned two equine portraits in my last post.

There's the pastel head study of German Haflinger X gelding "Moritz" which I started a couple of days ago:

Then there's the pastel portrait of ex-racehorse "Carlitos". If you have a close look at the pencil draft below, you will notice that this horse's ears are rather unusual. The vet - who has only known Carlitos for a few years - suspects that he was very sick when he was a foal and lost the tips of his ears. This does not seem to bother Carlitos. He is a happy horse, enjoying his retirement with other ex-racehorses. Their owner is not into horse-racing at all but wants to offer horses like Carlitos, Simply Sharp (I drew her a few weeks back) and Otxoa (another Throughbred I will be drawing as well) a happy and loving home.