A birder's blog

My name is Sandra Palme, I am a professional pet portrait artist based in the UK (http://www.finepetportraits.co.uk). I'm also a birder and love taking photos of British birds.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Friesian horse portrait update

Here's a new scan of the Friesian horse portrait in charcoal:





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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Friesian stallion in charcoal

The watercolour of the Percheron stallion is coming along nicely. I am also drawing a friend's Friesian stallion in charcoal. This is the pencil outline:

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Another update on the horse watercolour

I am enjoying this one! It is only my fourth watercolour portrait and I like this medium more and more every time I use it. There will be many more equine watercolours I think!


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Monday, October 13, 2008

Percheron horse watercolour painting

As I am working on several Christmas commissions that I can't show on the internet for obvious reasons, I haven't published any blog posts for a few days. However, I have started a new 'me' project that I can spend a few minutes on every day in order to relax. It is a watercolour painting of a black Percheron stallion. Here's the pencil outline:

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