Horse portrait

Comments

Lovely job of the noblest of beasts Linda.

Posted by Jim Morris on Tue 15 Jan 11:19:58

You’ve captured it beautifully, Linda. Such lovely colours.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Tue 15 Jan 11:20:06

This caught my eye immediately Linda. The name is fabulous. What a majestic animal you have drawn.

Posted by Carolyn Parkinson on Tue 15 Jan 11:36:43

The mane is beautifully painted , nice composition, you must be very pleased, Linda. :)

Posted by Annick Whitcombe on Tue 15 Jan 11:47:04

Very good result, I like the soft colours, Linda.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Tue 15 Jan 12:10:51

I agree with the other comments, Linda: this is stunning, so full of life.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Tue 15 Jan 12:11:01

Thank you all so much for such positive comments, Linda

Posted by Linda Drury on Tue 15 Jan 12:12:43

Like everybody else, super colours.

Posted by Richard Cooper on Tue 15 Jan 12:56:57

Beautiful and looks really alive.

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Tue 15 Jan 14:28:11

I would be so proud if I'd painted this, it is stunning Linda

Posted by Val Kenyon on Tue 15 Jan 15:15:33

Thank you Richard, Margaret and Val for your lovely comments.

Posted by Linda Drury on Tue 15 Jan 16:02:47

Gorgeous horse.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 15 Jan 17:04:15

Thank you Gudrun for your lovely comment.

Posted by Linda Drury on Tue 15 Jan 18:43:42

Has an ethereal quality Linda, beautiful.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 15 Jan 19:47:56

Great achievement, lovely result.

Posted by Tony Wiggins on Tue 15 Jan 21:11:34

This is wonderful Linda, I love the colours you have used and the way you have captured the mane is spot on, it really deserves a frame!

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Tue 15 Jan 21:37:22

Thank you Fiona, Tony and Margaret for such encouraging comments.

Posted by Linda Drury on Wed 16 Jan 13:43:31

Hang on Studio Wall

15/01/2019

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My finished piece. I've tried to capture the tangled mane of the stallion using a mixture of white gouache and acrylic and finished with white gel pen. The original photo from Pixabay was quite a dark brown but I wanted to get a more modern look to my painting, I hope I have achieved this. Size 12 X 12 on Bockingam paper.

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Linda Drury

I was born in North Yorkshire and attended The Middlesbrough College of Art at the age of 15 studying fashion drawing and design. I have always loved painting and drawing, mostly watercolours but more recently working in mixed media. I am now in my 70s and living in North Nottingham where I still…

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