Horse portrait started

I am currently working on a horse pastel portrait showing three horses. Two are Norwegian fjord horses and one is a Shetland X pony. Here's a (not so great) photo of the pencil draft. I'll post some work in progress scans as I go along.

The composition mirrors the fact that the two Norwegian fjords look after the young Shetland cross in 'real life'. The client was very happy with the pencil outline.

New horse commission

After several feline portraits - two of which I am still working on - it's back to horses. ;o) My latest horse commission is of a beautiful grey Thoroughbred x Irish Draught mare called 'Bea'. She will be drawn in pastels on A3 sized paper. I have just finished the pencil outline:

New cat pastel started

After spending most of the day sorting out website problems, I have finally managed to take a photo of the latest cat commission's pencil outline. It is a rather unusual pose and I'm looking forward to working on this one. 'Huepo', a German cat that ran away from home a few years ago and has not been seen since, will be drawn in pastels.

Westphalian mare pastel portrait started

And another chestnut! This time it is a Westphalian mare and she will be drawn in pastels. This is the pencil outline:

Thoroughbred horse portrait outline done

I just finished the pencil outline of yet another English Thoroughbred horse portrait. 'Otxoa' - also an ex-race horse - ist owned by the lady who also owns Simply Sharp, Sharpolino and Carlitos.