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calzephyr — Lazy Grazer
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Published: 2008-05-20 01:57:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 1067; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 31
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If this looks familiar...it was because I liked the pose for Fisher so much, that I wanted to do a tobiano as well. It just took longer to get him done! I also made some corrections to this one that I wasn't happy with in the other one. Maybe I should do two of everything
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Thanks! Despite being an older piece, it is still a favourite.
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Beautiful! I really like the soft colors and the peaceful atmosphere.
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Nicely done.
Mind me asking what you used to color this?
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Thank you! I used chalk pastels for the background and Prismacolors for the horse.
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Amazing!
I have prisma colored pencils as well, yet I can't seem to figure out just how to use them correctly.
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Hehe, thanks again
If you look at some of my older stuff, you'll see that I didn't know how to use them either! A little trial and error, plus lots of experimenting helps!
Sometimes it comes down to paper. I've been doing some horse sketch cards on textured paper, and this was a bad choice! It can be harder to make something look solid. Next time I'll use nice, smooth Bristol board.
I often use chalk pastels in combination with pencil crayons. Some people do a watercolour wash first, but I find stretching the paper to be a burden
One thing with pencil crayons is that it can be hard to achieve proper value. I save the dark areas sometimes for markers (unlike Lazy Grazer though
Although it is terribly old, you can see my process in this wolf picture - [link]
HTH! If you have any questions, just LMK
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Ahh.
All I use is computer paper. I really don't have the time to get better paper, let alone, the money. All my money goes to my horse.
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Oh boy, I hear ya, horses can be really expensive pets.
I have found that even half decent cardstock is good to draw on. Staples has packages meant for report covers for $9 (probably $6US) and sometimes Michaels has cardstock packs on sale too.
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the colors in this are really appealing, nice job.
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Thank you - the blue really makes the piece, I think.
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gorgeous markings. lovely colors in the drawing too.
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Thanks. Somehow the blue, green, black and white just went together so well!
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Thanks, it is definitely one of my favourites of the year so far
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my jaw droped when i saw this, im trully amazed! its very beautiful. keep up the good work my canadian friend
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Why thank you! I'm glad it moved you so much.
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its ok, i like seeing other ppl's art it inspires me...
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