Saturday, January 21, 2017

30 in 30 - Day 21 - Molly

This painting for Day 21 of the "30 Paintings in 30 Days" Challenge is a deviation from the dogs and cats that I've been doing. Molly belongs to my friend, Pat Sweeney who lives here on Long Island. Molly is in Virginia. I find horses difficult to paint and a photo of a horse in a pasture doesn't give much detail. I relied on additional photos from the internet to get some of the horse's features.

You can check out the other paintings for the challenge here on Leslie Saeta's blog:https://www.saetastudio.com/30-in-30-blog



I still find myself returning to the water scenes around here, no matter how many times I've already painted them. This was painted down by the bay in West Sayville.



7 comments:

  1. Your horse came out very well and I like how you seamlessly blended in additional colors. I think their challenge is all the musculature. He does look like a very happy guy. Love the sketch.

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    1. Thanks, Nelvia. Horses are hard, especially using a photo that doesn't show much detail. It helps to have the internet as a reference too.

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  2. Dear Joan - wonderful job with your horse. They are such lovely animals and I have found them quite difficult to capture. So glad you did not. As always your paintings of the ocean are a delight to see. Take care friend and have a great weekend.

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    1. Debbie, thanks. They are beatiful animals but so different from the other animals I've been doing late. Enjoy your week.

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  3. I am so with you about painting horses; they are very difficult although I have only painted a Unicorn - lol. It is always easy to paint nature because of the infinite scope and the infinite changes. Super work Joan!

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    1. Thank you so much, Val! Nature is much easier. lol

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  4. Beautiful horse portrait as well as the bay scene! You have a great series going with the animals!

    - Tina

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