I often get asked about making small details with these chunky sticks. These are all Unison soft pastels, high quality and beautiful colour range. Showing you some of the oranges through to browns I’m using on his coat. It takes me a while to figure out the colours and the best order to layer them up in this type of coat. ![]() Starting to lay down the grain and texture of Teddy’s coat and also making a start on his right eye. Solar panels on the roof to give me daylight during the night! Moving happens usually in the mornings and when we get set up in a new location and all the chores done, I can settle down to paint for the evening, sometimes making use of my daylight bulb. The name was chosen as she makes us ‘Freda Roam’!ĭuring our travels I tend to work mostly in the evenings when we have a moving day. Thought I would share a shot of Freda our motorhome. We stopped so many times to get out and take photos of the scenery. I am visiting home (Northern Ireland) for a weekend and as I write this I’m on the last leg of my journey on the train from Dublin. We made the journey down through the Appennine mountains this week towards Florence. One ear started and it helps to start at the top and work my way down so I’m not leaning my hand on what I’ve already worked. Here the background is a little more blended with a few more lighter shades added. I’m starting to lay in the lighter tones and those vibrant yellows and pinks. Here I’ve blocked in the background with the darks first. I’ve laid out a few colours here to get me going on the background. I tend to like a table top easel anyway as it allows me to spread my colours out in front of me as I use them. My table swivels around so it makes this area quite adaptable as a workspace. Here you can see my studio set up in the back of the motorhome. My first task is to sketch Teddy out and I’ve used the sandy coloured velour for this one as he has so many rich oranges in his coat and the background is also quite dark in areas. I think it creates a nice splash of colour behind Teddy. I took a small section of the photo, the most colourful area, and blurred this in the painting. I’m a big fan of creating a bokeh background which really sets off the subject in a portrait. They also sent me a photo of some rhodendendron bushes which grow in the yard where the horses are kept. This was the reference shot we went with from the selection of photographs supplied by the client. ![]() The finished portrait 12″x16″ soft pastel There were several shots of him to choose from but this one stood out as completely capturing the horse that was described to me! Hope you enjoy his progress and a little of my journey through the Appennine mountain range down into Florence. I loved painting Teddy as he had such a cheeky expression in the photo reference. I hope I’ve managed to capture both horses’ characters in these portraits and that the paintings will stay with the girls for many years. Selecting a region changes the language and/or content on is the second of two horse portraits commissioned as special gifts for two sisters. The same premise holds for drawing dogs or even roses - try those challenges next. Whether you opt to go digital or sketch in a traditional medium, anyone can draw a horse if they put in the time to practice and use reference images. There’s no wrong or right way to use layers or brushes, but there are countless options and combinations to inspire your creativity. In the sample image, the base color was done with the Soft Chalk brush and the white spots were added on separate layers using the Live Watercolor brushes.įur details can also be added on a new layer using the Rough Pencil brush. From types of painting brushes to dry media, Adobe Fresco gives you access to many incredible brushes - explore different brushes to get the results you want. You can select different brushes when working in digital to add depth and texture to your coloring. This will allow you to color under your lines but above your initial sketch. This new layer should be above your sketch, but below your refining layer. ![]() When your horse is fully refined, make another new layer by hitting the + button.
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