I've recently resumed work on my drawing depicting a pair of wild horses. Slowly but surely the fine detail layers are coming together, and I have next to move down the remainder of the mane, and across the neck and chest. I'm anxious to complete the dark horse and move on to the one to the left, a beige-toned grey whose head is buried into the side of the dark horse's neck. I will be working to complete another bird image for an upcoming show at the Hudson Gallery in Sylvania, Ohio, so will be alternating between the two pieces over the next few weeks.
How wonderfully realized, Lynda. The horse's head is so sculptural - I can sense the skull beneath the amazing exterior you've drawn. Very well done, I love looking at this piece. How large will it be when finished?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work Lynda I'm looking forward to seeing it when you introduce the other horse. I normally work through one painting before tackling another but I'm going to try doing what your doing and alternate between paintings. I think that will help to keep things fresh :)
ReplyDeleteThis is coming along beautifuly Lynda. I forget now what medium is it?
ReplyDeleteYou have a wonderful touch working with animal art. Looking forward also to seeing this one complete.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful job Lynda. Looking forward to horse #2!
ReplyDeleteThankyou, Debbi; your own work is often so sensitive, I really appreciate your comments. The piece is blocked out to be 20" h x 30" W - though once I am further along I may decide to crop a couple of inches off the left side in order to create a more balanced composition.
ReplyDeleteI noticed from your blog Elizabeth, that you plan on alternating pieces as you work. I initially did this out of necessity due to a deadline, and am finding that I rather like working this way. Another friend of mine works on as many as SIX pieces at a time - I think that would be a bit much for my attention span!
Thanks so much, Colette. This is done on Uart sanded pastel paper (a surface you are familiar with if I remember correctly) and is done in colored pencil. I used a combination of Faber-Castell Polychromos, Derwent Coloursoft, and Prismacolor.
Its funny, Michael. When I was a young whipper-snapper (a long time ago), most of my work was animal or wildlife. However this is only the third animal piece since resuming my art several years ago. I am really enjoying the subject matter, and have the sneaking suspicion I will be doing more. Thank you for your kind words.
Me too, Teresa!
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