Horse Painting Step-By-Step

I'm going to do a couple posts on painting horses in Photoshop. Here's the lay-in of the drawing for the horse, performing a pretty dressage pirouette. Of course, before any painting happens at all, it's most important to get the drawing right. This guys' left front leg went through at least 10 redraws to get it to look natural and correct. Bust out your anatomy books and look at photos to get the shapes and lines correct. Sketch in a rough skeleton (not a real one, just some lines and scribbles where the joints go) and some basic shapes to begin....

Dressy Sketchy

Here's a decent sketch I did for a dress design over at my "American Duchess" blog. I drew the human figure out first, then "dressed" her on a different layer in Photoshop. The enormous wig/hair makes her head look very large, but the proportion of the whole ensemble is correct.

A Lil' Gibson

I was looking at beautiful Lenox figurines today (see them HERE) and when I got a chance to sketch something of my "own" this is what popped out. I like that it's unfinished. I don't think I've ever drawn anybody, anything, any costume from the Belle Epoch. I generally don't like that fashion, so why does it suddenly seem appealing!? Maybe it's the rash of BBC productions and perfect porcelain Lenox dolls I've been innundated with lately....

Garden Avi

I can't resist the scrap! I'll ride the scrap wave for awhile, 'til I find something else cool and dart off spastically in that direction.

I thought that "The Avi Book" (working title) could have not just cartoony images, but all kinds of pics, doodles, scribs, drawings, and paints...like a bound shrine of Avi-love. What do you all think?