I’ve been
wanting to try painting horses and especially liked the image of these two
horses coming across a field. The image is from a photograph taken by Paul on
one of our trips to Europe, and these two lovely horses seemed perfect for my
first attempt. I’m attempting to paint in a more impressionistic (looser!)
style, and this was a wonderful learning experience in creating light and shadows
– not only in painting the background, but also in working to capture the delicacy
of the horse’s frame balanced with their tremendously powerful muscle structure.
This week’s painting, Sorrel Buddies,
is 10” x 15” on 300 lb. watercolor paper, and reminds me of a sunny afternoon and
the beautiful scenery in southern Belgium.
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