Horse portrait - work in progress scans 3 & 4

And another two scans...the first Norwegian Fjord horse is now finished. I will add his whiskers later when I've done the background.

Shetland pony portrait

I have just finished yet another horse portrait! This is 'Nayeli' (a native American word for 'I love you'), a cute little Shetland pony mare. She was drawn in pastels. Her young owner is over the moon happy with this portrait. :o)

I've got a rare bird portrait commission coming up next (yay! I love budgies!) and one of a dog.

Horse portrait finished

Finished! So this is 'Samiro R', a much loved Arab X who is owned by a young girl.

Shetland pony - pastel portrait on velour

I hope you had a great Christmas!

I got out my velour paper and this is the result: a head study of a cheeky Shetland pony.

New horse portrait - bay mare

I have been commissioned to draw two (different) pastel paintings of a bay German mare whose father's sire is the famous Westphalian stallion 'Pilot'. Here's a scan of the work in progress:

Pastel horse portrait WIP

Although I didn't get a huge amount of work done on Bea's portrait over the past couple of days, I thought I could still show a quick update:

Horse portrait and dog pastel finished

I just finished two portraits - the one of the Oldenburg mare and her owner and also the one of the poodle called Rosie. The reference photo was rather poor so I'm fairly happy how it turned out. Also started a portrait of a Siamese cat (scan to follow). Busy busy busy! ;o)