This photo was given to me for reference by Josee Talbot
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| Close up of eye |
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Spent all day painting in the background, only managed to get some of the face underpainted. This is a huge painting of a magnificent Grey horse.   Yet another whole day but still just underpainting, trying to get the hair direction and the light and shade working smoothly, this will blend smoother once I get some pencils in there......   Had a great day painting today, started with just the light & shade in washes of Acrylic   Then laid in some basic colour......  Managed to get some fine detail into the muzzle...   Spent a lot of today getting more detail in the muzzle and trying to define the bit & chain. Also did some underpainting on the bridle.  This is the whole picture, its about 1m 50cm by 1m....lifesize actually, just so you know that what looks like a small area, isn't. |
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Underpainted some more of the bridle |
Managed to get some detail in on the cheek piece of the bridle and noseband and also hair texture through the cheek and ears
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Underpainting the neck & chest |
View of entire painting
Nearly gave up painting altogether today this was such tough going....then had a bit of a break through...so wont put my foot through the canvas just yet !!
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This may not look like a whole days work... but I have painted thousands of tiny hair strokes |
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Sorry its not high impact but there is a lot of work gone on today :) |
Nearly gave up painting altogether today this was such tough going....then had a bit of a break through...so wont put my foot through the canvas just yet !!
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Got so frustrated with painting the large expanse of Grey that I decided to do something more interesting..... |
After underpainting the saddle and numnah started to get some detail in…….
this is so much more exciting than grey hairs !
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Really glad I did this as it seems to be bringing the painting together.. |
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Once again....sooo many colours in white!  |
Worked on the Boot & the jodhpurs
And here's the big picture, the rider has a lovely coloured t-shirt which will hopefully stop this painting being all about white & Grey
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Sorry that once again this does not look like there is a lot done today.....whole days work...note to self, paint smaller paintings  Detail of saddle & reins, and you might be able to see that I have painted every bloomin hair....  THAT'S IT DONE!! Original reference photo kindly donated by Josée Talbot |
