Here are the horses. They moved around as horses are apt to so this was not the pose I started. The brown/sorrel horse was lying down and that seemed interesting.Gene came by in the meantime and I told him I would be in the same spot or a little closer to Eagle Nest and would be sketching. After only about an hour, the wind came up and kept rattling my easel and surface. I just put everything away.
The painting is not great, but for an hour ... who knows? Practice is practice. You can see the top of the paper is damaged anyway. It is 9 x 12 inches. If I work on it more I could cut it down to 8 x 10 or mat it that size. The bay horse and the one lying down are about the right size. The black horse looks like a cow and the white one appears to be sitting on my bush. I put the bush in first before I added the horse and it will be the first to go if I work on this again. Ha.
I took this photo of my paintings in the condo. Maybe this will give you a better idea of the size. They look sort of neat together.
We went to the Yu Garden for dinner and had an outstanding Chinese dinner. The Volcano shrimp were outstanding. These weird flowers were blooming outside. The buds are weird, too. Pretty. **Note: the flowers are purple Columbines. Thanks, Sue Wiley. (Added 8/11/09)Today we are off to golf at Ranchos de Taos, south of Taos. We will surely take photos and have a great dinner in Taos. Maybe a sketch......
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Horses are always difficult, and they are darn hard to paint too. I did snicker at your description of your own work, but it was a good start. I bet you get some good pics in Taos at the golf course.
You did all that in an hour? The Speedy Gonzalez Award goes to Jo!
I've heard the name of those flowers before but can't think of it right now (which happens more and more all the time)
Hi Bag Blog,we are back from golf and dinner. Michael's is open for dinner on Thurs, Fri, Sat only so we didn't get to try it. Maybe another time. Golf was nice, hope the photos are good.
Teresa, Thank you. Imagine if I had had my whole two hours. :)
Hi Bag Blog,we are back from golf and dinner. Michael's is open for dinner on Thurs, Fri, Sat only so we didn't get to try it. Maybe another time. Golf was nice, hope the photos are good.
Teresa, Thank you. Imagine if I had had my whole two hours. :)
Looks like a great start, Jo, despite the wind. I'm glad to see other artists have the same sorts of difficulties I do, sometimes I think it's only me and I should hang up my pastels! BTW, your weird flowers are columbines, which don't like Texas heat much except for the yellow Hinckley's variety that does grow here. I used to have these in a myriad of colors in my Ohio garden.
Thanks for commenting, Susan. Appreciate finding out about the Columbines, very pretty and so many varieties. Wow! Guess they are like us and don't like the heat in Texas. :)
Painting does present difficulties for all, I think. Some days are easier than others. :)
Good start Jo, I know how horses can be a challenge, believe me.I think it is very commendable to even paint them plein air. I use photos when I try a horse painting. The wind and the fact the animals will move on you, would make it a real challenge for you. You have a good start in this one, and I am looking forward to seeing it when you crop it. By the way, I have seen cows mix with horses a lot while grazing, (tee hee) maybe the cow/horse can be a cow after all?
Rae
Thanks, Rae, for the encouragement. You are certainly right about the "cow". :)
Nice start on the horses!! I like the southwestern colors of the landscape!
Hi there, Joan. Thank you so much. You will be seeing some great landscapes soon! I'm anxious to see the sketches and paintings.
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