Today's post is a preliminary charcoal sketch for a portrait commission of Reddi, a 28 year old, bay quarter horse gelding. As you might guess by his soft eyes he has a very gentle demeanor. Years ago this boy was rescued from a bad situation by his present owner. Happily he has been well loved and cared for ever since. Reddi struck me as sweet and proud horse.This 16" x 20" sketch on Art Spectrum Colourfix coated pastel paper will serve as the under drawing for the final pastel portrait. Typically I like to work on mid toned, or dark toned, sanded paper when painting in pastel (never white paper), as is the case here. When working on a dark surface such as this, I begin by building up to the dark values early on and then proceed to the light values.
sketch copyright Dale Tremblay Begley
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I want to say that your painting is marvels I just stated sketching cartoon characters and horses my self
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