Sketchbook - Canadian Horse

These horses are really beautiful! They look like a chunky morgan or a morgan/friesian cross. I really love thier big round curves and solid legs. They often have an abundance of hair, too, with feathering on the legs and plush, elegant manes and tails which help to combat those frigid northern winters. This pretty boy is in summer garb...

about 4x6 Eboney graphite pencil

close-up of the head...

Sketchbook - Marwari Horse

Here is one more for the Breed A Week project on the Marwari horses. I really enjoy exploring and learning about these differant breeds of horses! On each of these breeds, I have studied the breed characteristics and then viewed as many photographs of the horses as possible to learn the typical look and build of the breed. With this sketch, I just worked out my drawing based on what I had learned, not using any photo references, just working from memory.

and here is a detail from the full sketch...

Sketchbook - Roper - In the Box

This big palomino quarterhorse was all tensed up ready to explode into action, but, still as a statue, waiting for the calf to break from the chute and his rider to let him run! This is from a photograph I shot a few years ago at a local team roping practice.