Realism
Not all is shown here for various reasons. Enjoy and stuff.
:::2006:::
NEW! Three Of A Kind: Free sketch in charcoal, 30 minutes. 16x10inch. Akhal Teke goodness.
NEW! Katie and Rachel: Commissioned piece in threetone.
NEW! Teke: A quick colour study of an Akhal Teke. Glanced at photos for slight reference but only remotely resembles said photographs. Very typey Akhal Teke.
:::2005:::
NEW! Nien & Fien: Portrait of a close friend and her cat in soft pastel.
NEW! Black Teke: Soft pastel, duotone.
NEW! Purple Gypsy Vanner: Soft pastel, quick sketch.
NEW! Friesian Lunge: No reference, couple minutes of excessive sketching.
NEW! Flappie: Commission.
NEW! Paint 2: Soft pastel. Reference used with permission (HypoFocus).
NEW! Desert Bucephalus 2: Digital painting.
NEW! Akhal Teke: No reference, duotone soft pastel. 26minutes speedpainting.
NEW! Sayla: An Irish Cob. Commissioned piece.
Dutch Warmblood: Soft pastel, 30x40cm (12x16inch). Three hours. Looking for more colour.
Tinker: Soft pastel, 35x40cm (14x16inch). Hour and a half, up to two hours. Photograph of original picture so a lot of detail and subtlety was lost. However, this still is a quick, rough picture to give you an idea of basic action portraits.
Andalusian: Soft pastel, 30x40cm (12x16inch) About one hour. No reference, drawn from memory.
Belgian Draft: Charcoal, 40x40cm (16x16inch). Three hours approximately, rough style. Used several photo's for reference.
Clydesdale: Charcoal and cretacolour, 30x40cm (12x16inch). Two hours. Used photo reference.
Icelandic: Charcoal, 35x40cm (14x16inch). Hour and a half on sketching paper. Part of my breeds portfolio. Trust me, this is exactly the horse that modelled for this piece.
Solo: Charcoal, 25x40cm (10x16inch). It has been too long since I've drawn a wolf. Basic picture, done in maybe two hours. Damaged drawing, not for sale. I might fix it sooner or later.
Thaqib: Chalk and charcoal, 40x40cm (16x16inch). Reference used with permission. Two hours.
Traditional: Charcoal, 30x40cm (12x16inch). Reference used with permission. Half an hour to an hour.
Madallan-Madheen: Charcoal, 30x40cm (12x16inch). Reference used with permission. Maybe three hours.
Black Stallion: Basic in soft pastels. Black arabian. Inspired after Erwin Escher, however this clearly isn't Madallan Madheen.
Cute Face: What to do when waiting for a phonecall? 45minutes, charcoal and white chalk 14inch on 16x16inch 80lbs paper.
Friesian Broodmare 2: Again, a freehand picture in charcoal. This one has a gentler look than the other. Prints available
Friesian Broodmare: Freehand and quick. Done in charcoal. Prints abailable.
Dog: Quick pic. Done in soft pastel, quickly.
:::2004:::
Cantharel: Commission.
Marron: A pre-sketch of a horse I'm commissioned to paint. She belonged to a friend of mine, so I gave her this drawing because she liked it so much. Charcoal, done in approximately one hour.
Arab face: Dreamy. Done in an hour. Graphite. Sold.
Mikena: Soft pastels. Done in two hours. Small commission. Horrible scan. The original actually looks pretty good.
German Shephard: Soft pastels. Done in an hour and then something. 13x9inch or 30x22cm approximately. German Shephard pup, the one which belongs to my in-laws.
Oskar: Soft pastels on watercolour paper. Done in about half an hour. 10x10inch or 25x25cm approximately. Oskar, Kaja's cat.
After the Rain: Charcoal. Done in about an hour. 16x16inch or 40x40cm approximately. Gift for Lauren.
Can I Come?: Mixed media. Commission. 16x16inch or 40x40cm approximately.
Paint: Soft Pastels. Done in about three hours. 16x13inch or 40x30cm approximately. Used reference. No longer available.
Bukephalos: Alexander the Great's horse. Done in soft pastels.
Summer Wolf: Soft Pastels. In private collection. 16x16inch or 40x40cm.
Desert Horse: Soft Pastels. Just done on a whim.
Secretariat: A lot of people think the angle isn't right. It's not the angle, it's his legs. I was a little too enthusiastic with giving him long, lean legs. But it's still an okay drawing. For sale.
:::2003:::
Man O War: Bad scan. His legs look much better in the actual original drawing, heh. This is Man O War. For sale.
Kincsem: Likely, she was the best racehorse to have ever raced in the history of man. She won 54 out of 54 OPEN matches against anyone up for the challenge, even stallions and older (as in: with more stamina) horses. Kincsem is also for sale.
Legends: The three legendary racehorses Secretariat, Man O War and Kincsem. Head studies. For Sale.
Winter Wolves: A commission I sold. Horrible scan. The original looks so much more vivid.
Odita: Soft Pastels. Took less time than you might think.
Commissioned work.
Fjord: Original commission, did the one above afterwards to show how much
livelier it'd be.
Uniquern: Did this one for Lauren's birthday. It's what I
think a true Unicorn would look like, somewhere hidden in the vast forests of
Africa... ^^;;
Buke Running: His head's supposed to be that pale. I did it on purpose. This is because of the breed. Don't email me tips and advice on how his head and mane should be darker. A sketch.
Prehistoric Unicorn: Done with cheap pencils. Not nearly
utensible for a decent drawing, which shows. Kind of like it. Pose inspired
after photograph a friend took.
Friesian Horse: A pencil drawing. A small study to get to
know the breed as I need to make a painting of Friesian horses. Done in B, 2B
and 3B pencils. Took me what? Two to three hours? Eh, perhaps a bit more because
of constant scanning for the tutorial. *shrugs*
Wolves: A sketch I did whilst on the train.
Friesian Sketch: A sketch I did whilst on the train. Her neck turned out too thin for the breed. Meh, it was only to practice my horses anyway.
Woodland Unicorns: A pencil sketch. It looks weird but
still kind of nice. :)
:::Ex Portfolio Work:::
I made several paintings in 2001 and 2002. Several horses and a few wolves. I own none of these works anymore and have only three (bad) scans left. If you wish for me to do a painting for you, you can email me so I can show you some ex-portfolio work. I'm truly sorry I cannot show you any paintings. Blame my old computer. I haven't done anything in oil recently due to lack of a good studio.
:::The Wonder Years:::
It's A Nose: Done in 2001. Used reference. Pencil and charcoal. Really basic and simple. If I were to do it now it'd be a much more interesting piece. Well, I was young. I didn't know anything. I wonder what happened to the picture. I must've misplaced it somewhere *peeks under her bed*
First Unicorn: Done in pencil and charcoal on a plastic sheet.
Jaguar: Done in 2000. I think I used reference though I don't remember where it was from.
Arab: January 2000. Quick pencil sketch to prove I could still draw. I hardly drew anything, really.
Foal: I don't even know how old this is. It's old, that's all I can tell you. No reference.
Oryx: Used reference. Hell, I didn't exactly know what Oryxes looked like. I had seen a Young Indiana Jones episode and wanted to draw one, too.
Red Horse: Done in 98, as you can see. I did draw, sometimes. 98 was a productive year with a grand total of three drawings. Lol. Look at those adorable little hooves. If you compare this one with the Andalusian I did back in 92, there's hardly a difference. Shows I'd been standing still all those years simply because I hadn't been drawing. I even got worse compared to where I was in 96. Too bad, huh?
Goldie: I hadn't touched a pencil in two years. Goldie was my favourite horse. His official name was Touch O' Gold, I still have a copy of his pedigree, somewhere. Done in early 98.
Black: I loved Walter Farley's The Black Stallion. Pencil. Used reference for the one on the right to get familiar with this style. I drew a lot of horses in this style. I absolutely adored it.
Black Stallions: Dating back to when I was approximately 12 years old.
Racehorses: Experimenting with shading, are we?
Childhood Horses 2: Ages are mentioned.
Andalusian: Done in 92. Don't mind the proportional mistakes. I was very young.
Childhood Horses: Ages are mentioned.
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