Sunday, September 15, 2013

Horse Portrait, "The Mare" 6x8" Daily Painting SOLD

Our neighborhood is not really rural, but we do have horses living in the area.


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This one is very friendly and often comes over to greet me as I walk by her pasture.  She was even kind enough to pose for a photo.


I am always looking for new subject matter, so I decided to give horses a try.  This is my first attempt.  Since, I have done one more.  I enjoyed painting them, but do have a difficult time getting interesting photos of them.  Sometimes, I think becoming a photographer is a prerequisite to becoming an artist.  Some would say the trick is to sketch, sketch, sketch to know your subject well and paint from your sketches.  A valid point, but I prefer to use my limited time painting, so, I look to all the advantages modern technology has given us to work with.

 Hi Hoo Silver!


8 comments:

Simonne's fantasiestudio said...

Proficiat, heel mooi !
groetjes,
Simonne

suzanneberry said...

beautifully done!!! i love this!

Kim Vanlandingham said...

Well done! I think great horse portraits are more about capturing the personality and it seems you've done that!!! I hope to see more!

hmuxo said...

Outstanding painting and probably one of my favorites, carol! I hope you do more horses..wonderful brush work.

Karen Johnston Daily Paintings said...

Oh I love this! Lovely brushwork and colors...love those grays!

Unknown said...

this is really nice, Carol. And I like the way that you post the photo of it in a frame. Great painting and lovely to see all your posts, I have really enjoyed them :)

juliefordoliver.blogspot.com said...

marvelous - this captured an emotional response from me with your beautiful technique

Marie Theron said...

This is my favourite of all the horses!