Drawing and Painting Horses

Download or read book Drawing and Painting Horses written by Barbara Oelke and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artist and teacher Oelke offers in-depth instruction in the art of drawing and painting horses, examining the development of time-honored equine art in sporting, portrait, and country life painting. She shows how line, shape, form, light, color, value, space, and design are applied to this field of art. The step-by-step lessons detail equine anatomy, skeletal structure, and musculature; differences among breeds; techniques for quick life sketching versus working from photographs; how to include riders on horseback; and basic landscape settings. Includes color reproductions of contemporary paintings. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR