Am starting sketching as a bit of a hobby- can any equine artists CC please?

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Would like constructive critisism on my drawing please :) its of my horse, i dont draw a lot i just fancied a go and i think it turned out pretty good if i do say so myself haha, and my friends think its good. but always plently of room for improvement and of course i want to improve so crit please and hints and tips would be greatly appreciated :)

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Looks amazing - can't beleive you've only just started!

Love the eye and the movement in the forelock, perhaps a bit more shadow to define the muscles etc but looks great, really great!
 
thanks, i used to draw a bit in art a few years ago when i was 12/13 but since then nothing really ! just odd doodles, so this is the first proper peice ive done in years- and seems i improved without practise haha :) thanks for the comments.
 
Is this charcoal or a thick pencil?

You're dimensions are pretty good, as is your attention to detail. You've managed to capture a bit of emotion in his eyes!

I commissioned a guy called Jonny Lancaster to sketch a portrait of my horse, if you google him it should lead you to his website.

I love art but couldn't see a career in it, and with life and everything else that passes you by I've left it by the wayside :(
 
Yes, as lovley as it would be i dont think i could take it to the level of a career- am studying for medicine hopefully :) but always nice to have an escape with things you enjoy. it is in a couple of pencils i found under my desk- think one was a normal cheap HB and another was a thick 8B or something. i dont really know the difference! the thick ones caused a mess though :P
 
that's absolutely lovely, you seem like a natural.

I studied fine art originally, so if i had any advice it would be

• to vary the width and thickness of your lines a bit more. make them wider in darker areas and then much thinner for lighter areas. this will give more variety and depth to your strokes. the pic below (not mine!) is an example of that
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• don't feel like you have to outline the whole object. don't be afraid to leave a gap where lighter parts hit, it can be really effective (like around the nose of the horse above)

• watch out for difficult areas like the forelock. at the moment it doesn't have much refinement. it looks like a dense mass of similar shaped lines drawn on top of eachother, with very little light and shadow.

• vary the texture or your lines a bit more. at the moment they are all smooth and round, throw in a few more jagged or erratic marks to give expression

• watch out for your light and dark. at the moment its not clear where the light source is coming from. be braver in shadowing and highlighting to give a more dramatic effect

really lovely sketch tho and you look like you have a nice sensitivity and sense of style. best of luck!
 
paddi22 said:
that's absolutely lovely, you seem like a natural.

I studied fine art originally, so if i had any advice it would be

• to vary the width and thickness of your lines a bit more. make them wider in darker areas and then much thinner for lighter areas. this will give more variety and depth to your strokes. the pic below (not mine!) is an example of that
HorseSketch.jpg


• don't feel like you have to outline the whole object. don't be afraid to leave a gap where lighter parts hit, it can be really effective (like around the nose of the horse above)

• watch out for difficult areas like the forelock. at the moment it doesn't have much refinement. it looks like a dense mass of similar shaped lines drawn on top of eachother, with very little light and shadow.

• vary the texture or your lines a bit more. at the moment they are all smooth and round, throw in a few more jagged or erratic marks to give expression

• watch out for your light and dark. at the moment its not clear where the light source is coming from. be braver in shadowing and highlighting to give a more dramatic effect

really lovely sketch tho and you look like you have a nice sensitivity and sense of style. best of luck!
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thankyou for this :) it will really help, yes unfortunatly the forelock went quite wrong, i used the thick pencil (hadnt found the thin one) at this point and it smudged everywhere and stubbornly refused to be erased ! so i had to try and make up for it a bit haha, i shall have a good re read over this when i next have a go and try to improve :) thanks again
 
paddi22 said:
as regards pencils.. get some good 2b ones, they give a good range, and also a 6b for thicker darker areas..
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Ok, i have a few sketching sets around somewhere (well they are my sister's but im sure she won't mind..)

i didnt really consider pencil thickness when i drew this and i didnt think it would turn out very good as i havn't drawn in a long time :)
 
how outrageous that you're so good without even trying. I am absolutely green with envy:)

I love the eye on yours. It almost seems like some personality has escaped into your picture through it.
 
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