Sketches!

[balaa]

So mostly nothing that interesting as the heat has literally driven me outside and my workspace has been almost completely unbearable to be in for long. Practicing equines and learning a lot along the way about how I cement my technical knowledge. I see the flaws in most of the sketches already...but I did learn a lot doing these so that's what matters to me.


More art nouveau horns (this is an oldy and I honestly don't remember if I posted it already)


And a second one C:

HORSES!

quick color study based on a butterfly..I think. may redo the markings since Im unhappy how they look in color :/. Oh and the pose D:


That's all for tonight, thanks for taking a peek!

OH and also if anyone has any great websites that would be good horse resources (good photos, anatomy diagrams..anything like that) I'd love links ^__^! Thanks a lot!

Comments

[redra.livejournal.com]

Wow this honestly just popped up after I was reviewing my friends page...:E

I'm verrry impressed with the equine studies.
I like the noveau Bagheera head a lot too. Those touches of gray really help.

*pouts for more* D:

[shetanidemon.livejournal.com]

These are gorgeous! I love the equines. :D

[tivadu.livejournal.com]

Waaaa Pretty Awesome Ladeh :)

It's great to see how others learn... Thanks again for showing all these!

[redcoatcat.livejournal.com]

art nouveau horns work you do is awesome, I keep thinking it would make wonderful artwork for a shirt design!

I also enjoy the Horse studies (something I need to do more myself) First one on the left reminds me of Stubbs artwork with the highly dramatic pose.
Butterfly horse is really cool! :)

[lsclayene.livejournal.com]

Your horses sketches are way fine, Balaa, very supple.
For refs, just search on Flickr. You'll be sure to find some very good refs. Don't forget to search for different breeds (Percheron, Fjord poney, Ardennais,...) for more special refs.

[eosfoxx.livejournal.com]

:) I never imagined you to draw horses - how dump
they look so happy :D

[hrafnakisa.livejournal.com]

i love the art nouveau head sketches, very beautiful and atmospheric :3
And horses! They're such a pain to draw, great studies :)

[glddaisy.livejournal.com]

Im glad to see Im not the only person who has issues with equines! for some reason they're just built weirder then everything else..its the way their legs connect to their body for some reason that gives me issues. Im not brave enough to post alot of my horse figure studies but I do love staring at your ideas. Horses are ugly beautiful.

And art nouveux has always been a love of mine

[autumn-sunrise.livejournal.com]

Firstly, PRETTY SKETCHES yaaaay I love horsies. X3 *nerd* And I love the complete sketch of nouveau Baggy/Balaa...it's simply gorgeous and one of my personal favorites of yours! <3

As for horse links, unfortunately, I use books and stuff more for that...and figured I'd suggest one if you don't mind it! An old friend of mine bought me "Drawing and Painting Horses" by Barbara Oelke, and I love the thing! There's a lot of nice studies of anatomy in there and closeups the head and hooves (both fore and hind), with both musculature and skeleton included, and if you don't have ready access to real horses, it's one of the next best things to have for a reference!

[xxbalaaxx.livejournal.com]

OH YES books are also great, though haha I have no shelf space (that, however, will never stop me from aquiring awesome books C:). I wish there were some great websites with photos of horses from different angles and closeups of various parts. I guess google and flickr will do the job though xD.

Thank you for all your comments sweetie..you always make me smile unbelievably wide with your words ^____^!