Thoroughbred horse portrait outline done

I just finished the pencil outline of yet another English Thoroughbred horse portrait. 'Otxoa' - also an ex-race horse - ist owned by the lady who also owns Simply Sharp, Sharpolino and Carlitos.

Progress on Arabian horse portrait

The pastel of Spirit the Arab is coming along nicely as you can see here:

The client has chosen a soft light blue background which I think is a great choice and will set Spirit's head off nicely.

Portrait of Holsteiner Claudius finished

It's finished! I really enjoyed drawing this beautiful young chap. Please note that the background is really cream/beige, not yellow. Thank you, scanner. ^^

And another update!

Busy day! I've spent about 6 hours today working on Claude's portrait and I think it is looking quite promising! ;o) This should be the last WIP scan - hopefully I'll be able to finish the portrait tomorrow afternoon.

Arab head study WIP

I got some work done on the pastel of the chestnut Arabian gelding. This is how far I got:

'Spirit' is six years old and was bred in Poland. Seems I've drawn quite a few chestnuts lately!

Progress on Holsteiner horse portrait

As you can see, I have been working really hard today! I've made some progress on the portrait of Holsteiner gelding 'Claudius':

Friesian horse finished

I have finished the charcoal portrait of the two year-old Friesian mare. Turned out quite well I think! ;o)

Two new horse portraits started

As promised earlier, here are a couple of scans of new pencil drafts. One is of a chestnut Arabian horse called 'Spirit', the other one is of a bay Holsteiner gelding called 'Claudius'.

I am looking forward to drawing these beautiful horses! :o)

Friesian mare in charcoal started

Some of you may remember the Friesian filly I drew last year. I am drawing her again now - this time her owner wants to give the portrait away as a present. Again the horse will be drawn in charcoal as it is such a wonderful medium for black animals in particular!

I am also going to do two pencil drafts today and should be able to upload them later. One is of a Holsteiner gelding, the other one of an Arab. So watch this space!