Category Archives: Horse

‘Foxy Loxy- the sky is falling down’ watercolour fox

I have spent Sunday painting this fox, it was raining so hard this morning, so riding was a no go. Hopefully I can ride tomorrow, as the sun has been kind and made suggestions of making an appearance??? Looks like … Continue reading

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Feeling tired, wishing I had more time to paint, lost mojo!

In my previous post I said I was feeling tired, well it does show when I have a lack of time and I loose my mojo. I also have a poorly cat at the moment, and after two visits to … Continue reading

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Watercolour American Saddlebred , golden dun …..gone a little cartoon like!

So the weather has been torrential downpours….. Not that I am complaining too much, it is England! We like to talk weather. It goes from one extreme to the next, having had no rain for weeks, the fields have become … Continue reading

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Wishy washy watercolour horse

I started off with a plan in my head to create a mixed media horse, a little like the dog I did earlier in my blog. So to begin with I found a nice photo I had, and started putting … Continue reading

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Polo, watercolour attempt, I lost it with this, and despite finishing( ish) my heart was not in it

I gave it a go, and yet again realised I really struggle with the whole body of a horse ( or any animal for that matter) I won’t give up with trying again in the future, but need a paint … Continue reading

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Chestnut Arab mare in watercolour

I spent Friday night in, and needed occupying late into the night, as my daughter needed a lift to a friends house before making their way to the airport, for a girlie summer holiday in Greece. So out came the … Continue reading

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Mmm! Well I think I will stick to horse heads only! watercolour dressage horse attempt

I thought it was a good idea to challenge myself, with a whole horse and rider, it did not go as planned, at the moment it is only watercolour, I keep it on the desk, and look at it daily … Continue reading

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Horsing around watercolour and neocolor, with stencil background

I had lots of fun with this horse, he was going to be only painted in red blue and green, but as always the brown appeared, and he resorted back to my usual style, it is hard to paint in … Continue reading

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Some more horses, for some reason they keep appearing!

I started this horse painting using tones of blue watercolour, of this Arab X. For some silly reason I got too carried away, and looking back I prefer how it looked in the first pic. Note to self, learn when … Continue reading

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Fun portrait of Mr Sruggles….the cow horse

so there has been many paintings of funny cow faces ….. But what about a pony? especially a piebald, that from a distance could be mistaken for a Frisian! I had taken this photo of struggles a year ago, and … Continue reading

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