#HORSE SKETCH PICTURES IN BROWN PAPER SKIN#

#HORSE SKETCH PICTURES IN BROWN PAPER SKIN#

I then used more of the same grey to map out the skin surrounding the eye. I then used burnt umber for the rest of the eye and a grey mix for the reflections. Being prey animals, horses have oval shaped pupils- unlike a lot of the wildlife subjects that I choose which have more of a round shape.

Like a lot of my paintings I started off with the eye, first of all outlining the basic shape using carbon black. You can see the full process of creating this horse painting in this video below: Subscribe to the Studio Wildlife Youtube Channel to watch videos of our process. This was a commissioned piece but hopefully you will pick up a few ideas that will help you with your own work in the future. In this blog I’ll be showing you step-by-step how I created a 8” x 10” acrylic painting on canvas of a chestnut horse.

When you can’t fall back on an intricate level of detail to create a sense of realism, making sure you have matched the colours and tones of you subject becomes even more important. When I paint horses, they’re usually on a small to medium scale that means a lot of the individual hair detail isn’t very visible. Painting horses is much different to painting any other animal- especially the big cats that I’m used to that need a greater amount of texture.

Throughout high school and college I refused to draw anything else! It was only after university that I started to branch out and focus more on my wildlife for non-commissioned work.Īs a self-taught artist I have learnt through trial and error what helps make a successful horse portrait. I took on my first commission when I was sixteen which was of a dapple grey welsh pony that I drew in graphite. Painting horses is where it all started for me.

Horse sketch pictures in brown paper