Tag Archives: Horse

13#worldwatercolormonth a study of lottie

This is a couple of fairly quick pieces of work, one watercolour,the other is graphite on Kraft card. I have been busy with the oils creating ( hopefully) a large horse head, of Bettie 1mX1m, so my energy is being … Continue reading

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12#workdwatercolormonth ‘Bettie’new forest pony

Todays post is quite quick, this is Bettie, the New Forest pony. Whilst taking photographs of my friends warmbloods, I also took a few photos of Bettie, another friends pony. Bettie is super cute, she is a young three year … Continue reading

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11#worldwatercolormonth ‘lottie’ two year old warmblood painted with dylon fabric dye and watercolour

Todays post is another using the dylon fabric dye. I managed to get out and try a different camera lens, taking photographs of my friend James’ horses, lottie and Chico ( both warm bloods) -hopefully I will get out to … Continue reading

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Pencil sketch on Kraft card ‘Spanish dancer’

Oh I do love the colour of Kraft card, it works so well with charcoal or pencil ( as in the case of this post). Then with the addition of white chalk, wow does it pop. If other mediums are … Continue reading

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5#worldwatercolormonth

Today involved some more practicing of horses, I had the charcoal out, so to fit in with world watercolour month, I added a splash here and there to give more shape to the equine. The second is all charcoal and … Continue reading

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A bad experiment, trying to create aquabord #3WWM

So I really wanted to try the aquabord, by ampersand, it sounds amazing, but expensive, so I tried to create my own,( I made some claybord, following a recipie I found online, it works ok). But the aquabord was not … Continue reading

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a study of ‘tenor’ in oil pastel and watercolour

Day 2 of world watercolour month, this is a combination of pieces, showing my study of Tenor, my friends Andalusian horse, although the two large pieces are oil, the study I quickly did involved watercolour.

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#1 world watercolour month

July is here, world watercolour month, I am short of time, and have a back log of art to post, so this is quick, thank you Charlie at doodlewash for inviting us all to join in with this celebration. Today I … Continue reading

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‘Chico’chestnut horse in oil and sketch, ink with watercolour

  This is my friend janes’horse ‘Chico’ he is gorgeous, and my fav colour, so it was lovely to paint him. I managed to get some great action shots of him prancing around the field, which is great as I … Continue reading

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A short hike and I found crabs in the docks of the new forest??

So for today’s #naturedoodlewash I really did not need to travel far. From my title you may think I went on a delightful ramble along the coast, but on this occasion I wasn’t near a single port /harbour or dock … Continue reading

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