No.....I wasn't doing my Cecilia Bartolli impersonation! It's me getting excited about painting a pony at Penny Hill Farm, Blackpool.... The site of my 2008 workshop for the horse painters of Lancashire (some from the Northwest Society of Equestrian Artists and others from Absolutely Animal.) There's Zoe in the background with my model.
We started off with a charcoal/erase method first to learn to identify the planes quickly...
Then we rapidly sought shapes in shadow and light...
Continuing on...
De- derrr. These some of the smashing studies the students did from life. Each painting was about 30-45 minutes. We had a fabulous ex-police horse that stood for us; a massive bay. (I can't believe how much I express with my hands!)