Chicory Horse Portrait “Soul” is Completed (for real this time)
Soul
Watercolor Pencil on Suede Board
13 1/4 x 19 1/4
The above photo is a little more saturated than in real life. Somewhere between Photoshop and the blog it changes a little.
Okay I know that I had said that this painting was done before. But I was never completely happy with it so I kept picking away at it when i had a minute or got bored. But then my deadline for the Apples N’ Oats article is just around the corner and since this was my latest horse painting I figured I had better actually finish it if I were to be writing about it.
And so here it is. A rather dramatic difference from my last final completed shot. Way more hair in the forelock and much different color. I am fairly at peace with it at this point. It is always hard for me to say “Okay. . . NOW it’s done.” The tweaking stage can go on for an eternity. Well until it gets committed to print. That’s when I am truly done.
The article is also just at the tweaking stage. I cheated a little and used a blog post for part of it. So I’ll wrap both the article and the painting up and then move on finishing the Red Buffalo.
“Soul” describes his portrait perfectly. There is a riveting quality to this painting. It surely must be done — so much soul is coming through, I can’t imagine how more could be added. I will have to search for the past, WIP, but I don’t remember them having the final grab that this dones. WELL DONE! I imagine it really fab at that size also.
Thanks Angela, I am fairly contented with it. I think a few months time will help me decide whether I really like it or not. Sometime I am too close to the process to really know how well I like a painting so close to completing it.
Absolutely stunning. I can almost feel, smell, and hear him. And even see the rest of his nose - he feels so “there”. Beautiful.
I know what you mean about being too involved in the process to really know if you like it or not, but trust me, he’s gorgeous!
Thanks UnD. Working on the prints for him now. Hopefully will turn out okay. The suede board seems to be making the color profiling more difficult.