This is my first animal portrait commission she's named 'Hope'. The client loves his horse but like so many people takes rotten photos so I had to pull together several ref. photos to try and get a good likeness and colour match. I have cheated a little by putting her against a black background and in strong light and contrast. The Reference photo was in strong winter sun so it brought out the red in her coat. I hope the client will like it. Not the best of Photos of the painting, I keep getting white spots like stars when I use the flash, drove me mad at first then I realised it was the crystals in the pastel.
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ruth sears 07 Mar 2010
wow,one of your best,what a perfect application of this medium.bianca 05 Apr 2007
nice use of pastel to create such a pretty artLeah Jaarveth 05 Mar 2007
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!helen tyralik 05 Mar 2007
lovely workalice stevenson 04 Mar 2007
lovely done I'm sure he is delighteddebbie collier 04 Mar 2007
Beautifully done!!Delia Pacheco 04 Mar 2007
John that is a very beautiful pastel, and i bet the client will be thrilled with it...