The photographic portrait
reference that I used for this pencil
piece is courtesy of the
Buffalo Bill Historical
Center, Cody, Wyoming.
"Horse Capture" portrait
reference photograph was
taken in 1909 by Edward S.Curtis. I
added the running
horses.
"Horse Capture" was born
near Milk River, Montana, in
1858. His tribe, the Atsina,
commonly
designated Gros Ventres of
the Prairie, are of the
Algonquian stock and a
branch of the Arapaho.
Their name for themselves
is Aaninen, Atsina being
their Blackfoot
name.
Here is the finished result
after 35 hours over a period
of a week. The original is
12" x 18" overall. It is
drawn on heavy weight, hot
press Crescent Illustration
Board. German made
Faber-Castell Drawing
Pencils were used. The
majority of the "pencil" was
done with a #6 lead, while
the remainder was
darkened with a #8
lead.
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