Equine art work - First Gymhkana - step by step

First Gymkhana Stage 1

Let me introduce myself before I start on my first demo. My name is Catherin McMillan and Im an equine and pet portrait artist from Australia... I work primarily on a commission basis creating memories for clients of their 4 legged friends from around the world.

I also create original works of art for sale of both equines and farm animals if you would like to see more of my art work please visit website http://www.animalarthouse.com

I hope you enjoy reading my step by step process on First Gymkhana

Catherin

First Gymkhana acrylic on canvas 24" x 30"

The first part of the painting was to decide upon what coloured background I would use... I chose a mixture of ultramarine blue and white gave the canvas 2 coats of this colour allowing a day or so between each coat...

This allows me to see any patches I may have missed the first time around

After drawing up the image I transferred it to the canvas using a white china graph pencil...

Next I blocked in the blocked in the helmet, jodphurs and saddle cloth using a mixture of white and off whites to give the shadow effect on both the helmet and joddies.

Lastly I used a very light wash of the same colour to block in the hair directions on the horse.

Stage 2 coming soon ☺

Catherin McMillan

www.animalarthouse.com