In thinking about starting a new thread, I went back through the old one looking for a recent picture from someone in the group to post here. I found this wonderful pic of FrogInABlender's mare and new foal.
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But that got me thinking The who's who page is now out of date with all these new babies here now... Those of you who have new babies... please post a picture, either an earlier one or a current one, so we can add them to the page and keep everyone straight!
To: ecurbh; CindyDawg; PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; Duchess47; FrogInABlender; Beaker; ...
To: HairOfTheDog
I will call my friends
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5 posted on
06/01/2005 7:41:20 AM PDT by
al baby
(Father of the Beeber)
To: HairOfTheDog
Thanks for the picture -- love it. I will have more here pretty soon.
Got to take the Chevvy pickup into town to get the air conditioning fixed.
To: HairOfTheDog
I'm still here lurkin.' Thanks you all!!
13 posted on
06/01/2005 9:07:31 AM PDT by
colorcountry
(To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable. ....Barry Goldwater)
To: HairOfTheDog
Well, we will figure it out. I'll take some pictures and mail some grass to cowtown if necessary. It's definately walk as you eat pasture grass though.
To: HairOfTheDog
Hair, what an interesting head on Frog (cute foal, too.) What breed is she?
173 posted on
06/02/2005 5:19:18 AM PDT by
N. Beaujon
(http://www.nbeaujon.com)
To: HairOfTheDog
I finally got caught up with the new thread. I was out of pocket over the weekend and it's been wild here at work ever since. I'm glad you reposted Truly and Ellie's picture. I liked it too. Thanks!
To: Pugsy
Pinging hello from the saddle club thread! :~D
To: HairOfTheDog
It's been awhile since I've visited this thread but I really need someone else's opinioin here. This is the very first drawing I've done in YEARS that wasn't a commission which means it isn't meant to be a replica of my photo reference. (I am a
portrait artist in my spare time) My plan for this one is probably to enjoy it on my wall for a little while and then sell it maybe.. I don't know. It's been so long since I've had the option! (Yeah I'm blowing off starting a commission just for the chance to do this one!)
So the reason I chose to draw this picure is because the rider had me so inspired. I took the photo of her at a dressage show I went to.. and while watching an intermediate class I was noticing how due to the hot weather so few people were wearing chadbellys, or hunt coats, and their horses were braided very simply without the white tape.. etc. I was about to leave when this rider came along. I said to my husband, "This woman is a diehard.. in all this heat she's going to do everything top notch." So we turned back to watch her go, and I turned on my camera. She was so amazing. I got a million pics. She rode as if she were in the olympics.
Her salute was just a prelude of her impeccable detail. You'd swear the president was in the judges box. It turned out to be my favorite photo. So I sketched it out.. and the only thing that I can't decide on is the position of the horse's back legs. That seemed to be the only flaw. His back legs were not perfectly square. At first I liked that idea.. after all this was not a grand prix class... it was intermediate... So I would leave the horses legs as is and name the piece.. "Intermediate".
Now I'm wondering if I should square them up. I'm literally losing sleep over this! Should I honor the perfection this rider sought by perfecting the horse in this portrait? Or should I leave his legs as they appeared in the photo? Does anyone have any opinions.. from an art standpoint.. as well as a marketability standpoint? Would this picture be undesireable with the flaw? For once I have the option to do it however I want! Except that I don't know what I want!!!
Here's what I've got so far...
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