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Spanish Elegance Portrait by *pallanoph:iconpallanoph:

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EDIT:

I've changed the color of the board and finished (more or less) painting the horse. What say you? I think I like both, for different reasons. :shrug: Let me know what you think! (Sorry, I'm being such a bother!)

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Okay, so I'd like to ask you equine experts a question: Is this more like an Andalusian, or a Lusitano? Or maybe neither? I'm ashamed to say that I have a very hard time identifying them. But maybe they are not all that different from one another...

Anyways, this was one of the most successful challenges I've given myself as of now. Firstly, note that I have NEVER painted a horse using proper acrylics before, secondly, never have I on this small a scale (5x7" again) and third, this is also a brand new surface. This time it's Pastelbord, yet another gorgeous product from Ampersand. I think I've fallen in love with these exotic surfaces... when I get the proper funds, I'm going to buy a lot more of these, and in different sizes (if it's not TERRIBLY expensive, that is. :XD: )

Another question I'd like to ask: This is a WIP, and I'd like to ask what would be a suitable background color. Right now it is the bluish grey of the board itself. Also, I am planning on continuing the horse's chest to the edge of the board. I just got a bit lazy, hehe. :giggle:

Another thing that I am pleased about: I took this inferior photo with my laptop camera. Those of you who have used them know that they present you with the mirror image of what you are photographing. And I am pleased to say that it also looks equally good in reverse! I have troubles with this now and again. Also, I was able to get the colors just a bit closer to the original by tweaking in Photoshop. I daresay you'll get the idea of how it's supposed to look... :) (The head gives a good indication, anyhow)

I did not use a reference for this painting. I did a quick overview of several Lusitano portraits to get the essence of their beautiful heads in my mind, but that's about it. Which makes me even more excited by this series... there will be two more, as it stands now (a Friesian and a Haflinger). Let's just see how those go! :excited:

These are for a sale. Let's see how they do in the next 2 weeks!

If you have critiques or comments, I'd love to hear them! :)
Art (C) April Schumacher

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~TransFlashbacks May 3, 2009, 7:46:44 PM
I have always been a horse lover; I find them to be beautiful, wonderful animals. And you have portrayed that magnificantly here. The colors, the swirling and the waves in the mane, the somber, sad expression on the beast's face, everything is beautiful.

This is a very emotional piece that leaves me wondering what left the horse in such a sad state, which is good; art is always supposed to invoke emotions and feelings, is it not?

The anatomy and the understanding is quite good, though I agree, his chest may be a tiny bit shallow, though it's certainly no big problem.

It's absolutely beautiful!
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~nekodreamstealer Apr 11, 2009, 5:58:04 PM
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!! I have no other words to describe this picture, seriously. This picture is just ... AMAZING. fav'd!
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*Platinum-Vanners Apr 11, 2009, 6:17:26 PM
wow! this is amazing!! im seriously in love, you should make this a print. :thumbsup:

um. breed? im not sure. :XD: it's definantly one of the two, but i think it's a mixture of both. Ive seen pictures of lusitanos and andalusians looking extremely similar, so i really can't decide. but brilliant either way. :) i can't beleive it's only a WIP.

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*aaronpocock Apr 11, 2009, 6:17:28 PM
Hi April.... Exquisite work, simply wonderful.... You go girl!

Umm... background colur... I'd choose a lovely pale pastel pink or very pale orage, of course, blushing that colour into the shadows (without going over the top... which I know you won't) to unify the whole thing.

ps, watch that cropping!

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*Eviecats Apr 11, 2009, 6:35:50 PM
I love the eye, it really sets the subtle calm mood =)

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*pallanoph Apr 11, 2009, 6:41:19 PM
Thanks Aaron! :D

Oh yes, that's just it! I'll choose an orange shade. Of course! Brilliant! I'll do that now....

Ha ha, cropping is one thing that I am NOT learning yet! :rofl: Eventually.... ;)
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*Grondhammar Apr 11, 2009, 6:44:05 PM
In the thumb before I saw it was yours, I thought someone had modified a Durer etching. The head-down pose is very classical, love it. I'm tempted to vote for this stormcloud-grey of the board, with some subtle variation orange/pink as aaron suggested. But, I'm a big fan of stormclouds, so that figures.
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*pallanoph Apr 11, 2009, 6:44:31 PM
Why thank you, you're very kind! :aww:

(hehe, I just saw your sig, it cracked me up... :lmao:)
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*pallanoph Apr 11, 2009, 6:46:13 PM
If I can get it properly documented, I most certainly will. :fingerscrossed:

A mixture? That works, too. He's at least undoubtedly a Spanish breed. They are closely related, and I've never read anything that differentiated them. :shrug:

Thank you! :)
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*wanderinatnight Apr 11, 2009, 6:50:08 PM
Beautiful painting!

To answer your question, the 'Roman' nose is a Lusitano trait, while the crested neck is more common in Andalusians. However, since they are both Iberian breeds, and were not considered separate until recently (1960's or 70's), I'm sure the traits can still be found in both. No worries. :D

I like the background color as is. It does not distract from the subject.

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*DreamingDragonDesign Apr 11, 2009, 8:18:12 PM
I don't know much about horse breeds, but I do like the natural color of the board, and I think this is looking very nice.

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