I painted a head and neck portrait of this beautiful bay stallion back in January. The painting was given as a gift to my client’s father. Q is this gorgeous horse’s stable name and he competed under the name ‘Only Browsing’. He is just so majestic and the photo of him included some other horses,…
Category: horse portraits in progress
Jockey on a horse
This is a portrait of Ken who is about to retire from his job. His co-workers decided to commission a painting of him and his horse as a retirement present. The painting is 30 x 40 cm in size painted with acrylics on stretched canvas. I had one photograph to work from with a couple…
Pony called Danny
His full name was Surgalstown Danny Boy and he belonged to a return client from Kilkenny, Ireland. His portrait was commissioned as a birthday present for her daughter who rode Danny and was very successful with him. His stable name was Danny and he was since sold. The client wanted a special gift of his…
Portrait of Bryan and PJ
A couple of months ago, I was contacted by Maura and Orla fro the Irish Hospice Foundation. They wanted to commission a painting of their co-worker Bryan riding on his horse PJ. The portrait was to be a gift for Bryan. The photographs they provided me were wonderful, especially the one I mostly worked from….
Frisk
This is a small horse portrait I worked on in August. The horse is Afriska ‘Frisk’ and it was commissioned by his owner as a keepsake. I worked from two photos, one for the pose and one for the detail. I used graphite pencils on Fabriano paper. The size is 20 x 25 cm.
Horse Painting in Progress
I have progressed on the horse painting this week. Having put down a blue-grey wash first after the sketching stage, I then started detailing sections of the muzzle and head overall. I am using a lovely mixture of burnt sienna, titanium white and a little cobalt blue. The burnt sienna gives the mix a nice…
Horse Painting in Progress
I have started working on the new horse portrait today. I have taken some photographs of the progress so far. The first stage is now completed with the sketch and some basic shading down on canvas. The size of the painting is 10 x 12 inches (25 x 30 cm) and I am painting with…
Horse and Jockey Portrait in Progress
Here are some more progress photographs of the horse and jockey portrait I am currently working on. Next step is to finish off shading of the rest of the horse and background. When this is done I will assess the entire portrait and its tone and I will go back to areas that need to…
Horse and Jockey Portrait in Pencil – WIP
I am now working on a horse and jockey portrait in graphite pencil. I have put down the initial sketch and the next step will be shading and tone. The portrait is for a client in Ireland. It is 25cm x 20cm in size (10″ x 8″), on Fabriano paper with Staedtler graphite. This is…