I have finished this white horse painting yesterday morning. It was such an enjoyable painting to work on. The plan originally was to create a subtle landscape background with some greenery, but at the last minute I have decided to keep it much simpler. By just using a soft mixture of cobalt blue, titanium white and burnt sienna I was hoping to reflect the colour used on the horse itself. This was my first painting of a horse. I have worked on a horse and jockey portrait in January, in graphite pencil. The horse is white, but lots of colours have gone into the painting, mostly raw umber, burnt sienna, cobalt blue, cadmium red and ultramarine blue. I kept the palette to these colours only and felt that it has worked to keep the painting soft and harmonious.
I have included the final scan of the horse painting below, together with some photographs I took of the canvas when it was finished.The scan is really close to the original painting, even though some of the pictures look bluer than the painting actually is. I painted the sides blue to match the background. The original painting is now available to buy from Ebay. View the listing. Prints and cards will be available for purchase on my Fine Art America site soon.
