{"id":6781,"date":"2019-09-04T19:59:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T23:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equestrianbootsandbridles.com\/?p=6781"},"modified":"2020-12-21T17:34:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T21:34:47","slug":"golden-horse-in-water-horse-artwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equestrianbootsandbridles.com\/golden-horse-in-water-horse-artwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Horse in Water Horse Artwork"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hi there! At the moment, I’m really getting into horse artwork. I find drawing and painting really therapeutic, and I’m lucky to have some great subjects (my horses) readily available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know that plenty of you will have a similar interest, and may just be starting out. So I thought I could pass on some of my knowledge. I’m just learning myself, but I think because I’ve spent so much time with horses painting them comes a little more easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paint with me!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Today I’m going to show you the different stages of a piece of horse artwork in progress. We’ll use one of my recent watercolor<\/a> pieces, “Golden Horse in Water”, as an example. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Horse Artwork Stage 1 – Base Layer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

With this first layer I’ve kept the colour palette really simple, just outlining the horse. I really wanted to show movement here, and it’s important to start that at the base layer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Horse Artwork Stage 2 – Highlights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I love how the mane and tail looked in this stage but as I kept working on it, you’ll see later, they didn’t quite match the flow and the speed of the horse’s movement so I completely changed the location of the mane by the last stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Horse Artwork Stage 3 – Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Normally, the background is done first. Initially I wasn’t sure if I wanted to have a background on this painting or just to leave it blank. While doing it, I opted for a background so added it in! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Horse Artwork Stage 4 – Warmth and Definition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Up to this point, I was getting the shapes and everything right. In this stage, I’m hoping to bring the painting to life. It’s coming along. The last stage – stage 5 (which I will be adding below shortly) will be the finishing touches. You might notice that I need to reduce the size of the ear on the right side of the painting and the mane looks a little bit too thick at the moment to be “realistic”. I also want to add just a tiny little bit more yellow to the background. Hopefully it turns out well! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Original Equestrian Boots and Bridles artwork
Title: \u201cGolden Horse in Water\u201d
Artist: Martina<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Now give it a go yourself!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you like my art, you should check out some of my other pieces – “Down to Business<\/a>” and “Horse on a Monday Morning<\/a>“. Alternatively, you can have a read of my guide on how to collect horse art<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy riding (and painting!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n