Sister's Horse 2' x 2' oil on masonite

A bit of touching up on the face and hands and

I'll get off this bus. This is my first horse painting since I was a kid.

Landscape painting 9 x 12

Couldn't resist doing a James Gurney painting seen in the current issue of International Artist.

Just a practice piece of course - not for sale. Not quite finished actually.

Horse Painting in process

Moving on with oil -so much smoother and easier to apply.

Horse Painting in process

Enough acrylic

Moving it to the easel

and will now use oils

Horse Painting in process

Still using acrylic

Blocking in a bit more

I'll leave the background vague

Trying to keep believable values

Horse Painting in process

Blocking in some color and dark areas.

Still using acrylic.

Plan to use oil for the final.

Painting in process

After Kareoki last night I darkened some of the sketch lines and put a layer of clear gesso over the sketch. This AM I put is some background color (deep yellow and UM blue plus a cheap not-very opaque white ). It's winter and there are trees in the back ground. My little sister raises Andalusian horses and I have always liked this little b&w photo of her with a new foul and mom.