Coco by Libby Thompson

Fantastic job Libby, the veining and gloss on the face is very well seen. It must have been quite hard dealing with that block of white on his neck!!

Stunning! Excellent detail on his face, what paper do you use?

Well done - it's so enormously gratifying to get a result like that. I'd have found that distinctive patch of white VERY difficult to carry off convincingly, but you obviously did.

Thank you all for your comments - really appreciated!! Yes, this was a tough one and yes, that block of white befuddled me for a while - on the photo I could not even see any shadow really so had to use a little artistic licence to make it look part of the horse and not something stuck to his neck - it seemed to work - Whew!!!!! Hazel, I use Mi-Tientes Pastel Paper - the smoother side. I don't like the more textured side as it gives the picture an almost tapestry look. Thanks again for your positive thoughts.

Agreed, that was a super successful result for you Libby, no surprise though, this is super horse pastel portrait