Horse

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a horse.
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Horse

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.

Today's is a horse.
#drawingadayclub

Shire horse and art tip

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it, and sharing an art tip too.

Today's drawing is a shire horse.
Today's tip: Try to be the shire horse not the racehorse. Press and even artists, like to portray artists as unreliable and flighty, this may be because they wish them harm, or it may be because it makes them interesting to write about,  but ether way, it can sneak into your thinking about art. Forget it! Leave the the fidgeting and kicking to the racehorse. Be the shire horse, get that cart and lean on it, overcome it's resistance to starting, drag it up hill. The beauty of art is, if you do this, you will very soon look behind to see you have left both shire horse and racehorse on the ground, because you have become the kestrel, whipping over uphill ground, now irrelevant to you!

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In an infinite universe, do you suppose they exist somewhere?

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.

Today's drawing is a unicorn.
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Horse and the first art tip!

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
I'm also going to offer an art tip a day from now on.

Today's art tip: All art tips, even from your favourite artist, even from me, should only be adopted if they make sense to you, it's your art.

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Terrible experiment!

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.

Today's was supposed to be a delicate Pegasus with mixed water soluble pencils and charcoal. It's a muddy mess and the original is worse than the photo! However I have decided to share it anyway to show not all experiments pay off, my dad has a wonderful expression for this; "Get it right in the next one." It immediately takes the attention off over worrying about what went wrong and starts to put your future art in the universe too.

Horse

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.

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Today's is a horse.

Running Horse.

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

I am on Day number 275 of 366 (it's a leap year).
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Today's is a running horse. I tried to keep energy and motion in the drawing.

I have this new Derwent Drawing kit which I'm experimenting with. I love it. I bought it because I was left unsupervised in the art section of a stationary shop for a bit! I've included pictures of the sketching set and my little test drawings in my diary. It was only £15 and as Derwent practically invented the pencil I would say it was a good buy if you want to get into drawing. :)

Ruined city on the horizon.

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Today's is a girl on a horse with a crumbled city on the horizon.

I'm a fan of civilisation, someone else does the farming and I get to draw. I don't think there will be much call for interior fabric design in the even of a zombie apocalypse! However I can ride horses as well as drive cars.

Horses head.

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Today's is a horse's head.
Black pen, white pen and brown paper.

Horse moving briskly.

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, had I thought about this carefully when said I would I could have worked out this would mean I did some while horribly sick in bed.

So yesterday's and today drawings might not be my best but they represent a lot of commitment!

Horse, little quick sketch.

I'm creating a drawing a day for the art of it.
Today's is a horse, on paper I coloured earlier today and let dry, then I drew on it this evening.
It's a rapid little sketch but I think it has personality.

Heraldic green square scarf design.

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Today's is a heraldic scarf design.

Windswept horse by Kirsteen Lyons

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Here is a windswept horse I saw in Scotland on the isle of Arran.

Confession time, although I was taught to draw with a full range of pencils I usually draw with a 3B and a 6B only.