Louis, horse

[OEH]

This is a friend's horse, he's been lame for a while so he's off to her parents' farm for a holiday to see if he can recover. She wants me to paint his portrait so I took a few pics today. Louis unfortunately was really interested in the camera and it was hard to get away from him.

1
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2932043070_e1f2ec3622_b.jpg

2
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/2932058136_dfcd629f83_b.jpg

3
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3237/2931183953_44a40940b1_b.jpg

4
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/2932054220_0e48c85466_b.jpg

And I thought this one was quite fun
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/2931189799_4a5ebd41c5.jpg

I'm going to find his metallic coat quite a challenge I think when it comes to painting.

[potn_momma2]

LOVE #3!

[Momtothefurmonsters]

Awww. what a pretty guy!

[Kittygraphix]

He's handsome!!!!! I love that last one :D

I'd love to see what the ending results will be of the painting!!!!

[collins73]

Love them all.

[JBlue]

Not bad

[OEH]

Thanks all.

Apparently she wants me to do more- she wants the horse bucking and messing around in the field so off I go to take more.

ooh and Kittygraphics- her favourite is the shaking head one- really hope she doesn't want me to paint that- sounds like a bit of a nightmare!!!

[MagikTrik]

I'd take his head back to the jawbone in the 2nd shot & then just fade it out from there. That's got to be one hell of a job with all those little muscular details & that shiny coat you pointed out. Good luck with it all & it'll be really cool to see a finished product.