Bring it all Together…. Welsh Pony Painting

Yesterday was a fun painting session.� I’ve been sharing with you my latest horse commission which is a rather large 36 x 36 painting of a mare and her foals.� Over the years this family has had 5 foals with this beautiful mare and this portrait is of her (in the center) surrounded by her offspring.�

I painted the underpainting in acrylics– to get the ‘bones’� of the painting down and to keep it moving along.� since there were so many faces I didn’t want to get hung up on one face and then have the whole thing out of balance.� This has proven to be a good strategy because I put the finishing touches on the horses in oil (my preferred medium) and I was very pleased as I could see it coming together the way�I had hoped.

My client has a preference for a more realistic painting�so I was working toward that end in mind but in the process I fell in love with the horse on the top right corner.� I will be painting over the underpainting so it fits in with the others in style but I do plan on doing more horse paintings in that style to have in my studio.� I liked the looseness and movement in it so will use that as a jumping off point to play with this style in between commissions.�

I am posting a close up of the two completed ponies and the painting as a whole.� Stay tuned for the finished product!� I do encourage you to stop by my studio if you are local to the Canton area since the photos don’t do justice.� This week we have lots of events going on at the Gallery including First Friday.� I’ve started a new blog for the Studio and Annex artists to give people an idea of what else is offered under the roof od Second April Art Galerie.� I am in suite�#207 so stop by anytime during regular�gallery hours.�

Thanks for stopping by!

Sue Steiner
equine and animal artist
pet and horse portraits, �
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Animal and Equine artist
Pet Portraits in Oil
White Horse Studios
324 Cleveland Ave. NW
Canton, Ohio 44702

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