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Horse Tutorial - Part 1 - Intermediate - advanced (Patreon)

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2021-07-09 09:11:21
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2021-08-12 23:59:14
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Hi patrons,

Here is Part 1 of the Horse tutorial.

Part 2 is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/53483728

I hope you are well and finding some time to paint. I've been battling a sinus infection all week. I'm on the mend now so that's good. I voiced over the Protea tutorial on Wednesday & Thursday this week and I may sound a bit hoarse when you watch that one (no pun intended) 😝. I'll be posting the protea next month. 

 I mixed some browns for this painting which is something I've not done before. I've always used pre-mixed browns and I found that the browns I mixed myself were more vibrant than the tube browns. I painted a study before I painted the horse you see here and I used pre-mixed browns on it. Right at the end of Part 2 you'll see the study beside the finished painting and I think you'll be able to see the difference.

All of the files you need to complete this painting are attached below my message here.

The reference photo was taken by Susanne Edele and I downloaded it from Pixabay. Here is the link to the photo: https://pixabay.com/photos/quarter-horse-horse-head-5394481/ 

I've also put the link to the photo on the Supplies list.

I hope you enjoy the tutorial.

Louise

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My tutorials are designed to help you on your creative journey. Any painting you create from a tutorial where I use my own reference photo is for personal use only. They can't be sold or entered into an art competition. I write on the Supplies Lists where the photos come from. Permission is not given to paint any of my earlier paintings that are not tutorials because some of them are licensed. Also, a few of my earlier paintings were painted from photographs where I sought the permission of the photographer. The photographer gave me permission to use it, not others.

If I do a tutorial where I use another photographer's photo (eg from Pixabay or Unsplash) that is available for anyone throughout the world to download (copyright free) and use I’m happy for you to sell the paintings you create from the tutorial.

If I do a tutorial and I use a photo that I have paid for and downloaded from the website Wildlife Reference Photos in order for you to sell the painting you create from the tutorial you need to purchase and download the photograph yourself. This is in accordance with the Terms and Services of the Wildlife Reference Photo website.

If you share a finished painting on social media I would really appreciate it if you could link back to my account (be it on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram) and mention that you painted it in one of my tutorials. @louisedemasi

Thank you!

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Horse for Patreon Part 1

Louise De Masi©

Comments

Theresa

Hi Louise, would you please suggest a substitute for VanDyke Brown? I used it on Little Owl and found as it dried it left orange streaks and grainy brown splotches. Thank you. Ok, I just read your post to Marika, I will go with Burnt Umber.

Anne Watman

I’m thinking about trying this. I have horses, so I know what they look like! And, I’ve also painted them in acrylic. I have a painting of my beautiful palomino sitting on an easel right now, that I want to finish before considering whether or not to completely stop painting with acrylics. I’ve reached a point where I think that even if I don’t get things “exactly” right, I’ll still learn something!

Corinne Armstrong

Hi Louise I would like to paint this house for my granddaughter but you sound on the tutorial is doubled over, I am hearding 2 of you. Help

Louise De Masi

Hi Corrine. It happens to me sometimes too. I refresh the page and it fixes it.

Lauran Trevena

Thank you thank you thank you.... I've been so looking forward to a horse

Martha Loss

Thank you Louise, I love your tutorial! Hope you get well very soon! 😊💖🐴

Rhea Smith

Horse wow! I was waiting for the horse I can't wait to paint it, but still I am working on my bee bird. Thank you Louise.

Lydia Frazier Bosley

Delightful watching your horse come into being this morning! I will so enjoy giving this one a try, thanks so much, Louise, for choosing to do a horse! 💜💛💚

Shelly Solle

I was all set to paint this, and I do not have one of the colors. UGH Amazon here I come.

Vicki Falsgraf

Wow, Louise! This painting is wonderful. I'm currently working on your sunflower tutorial, and I can't wait to try my hand at the horse next! Sinus infection - OUCH! Those are tough,...but it sounds like you are tougher! Thanks for all the hard work you put into the tutorials. I hope you are getting more folks signing up...I sure let everyone know your name.

Julie Schwindt

Dear Louise. You poor dear lady. I hope you get better soon. Thank-you for this tutorial. It's great!!! :+)

Shelly Solle

This is the end of part 1. You may now go hit your head repeatably so you can see what Louise sees. BTW - Daniel Smith Alizarin Crimson and Winsor Green (blue shade) hate each other. I could not get them to mix into the right color. I just used an Winsor & Newton Chromium Black and Alvario's Caliente Grey.

Vee

Never thought I would even want to TRY a horse, but this one is an exception! I cannot wait to try my very first animal...thank you for this beauty! I love mixing my own colours and am so pleased that you are mixing your browns - cannot wait to try. Many thanks for this regal animal.

Vee

I still meant to wish you relief from your sinus infection - what a bummer to be suffering from! I hope that by now you are completely over it and feeling a whole lot better. Take care and look after yourself. I trust that you are keeping warm and cozy in the cold weather. Warm wishes from another cold part of our world xxx

Louise De Masi

Thank you Vee. You are very kind. We got a load of firewood yesterday. Dom and I have noticed the cold this winter. I hope you are staying warm too.

Trish Hawrys

I'd did the horse because I really want to paint a donkey but I found my donkey still looked more horse because I couldn't make him look "scruffy" enough.

Trish Hawrys

Do you have any tips for turning this watercolor into a donkey?

Louise De Masi

I would get a reference photo of a donkey and I'd use the same techniques I've used here. If he was particularly fluffy I might wet the background as well as the donkey and let some of the paint drift off into the background to give me more soft fuzzy edges around the outside edge. For the hair on the body (not around the edges) I'd still work on wet paper like I have here but I'd put the paint on in a more mottled way - like I did in the Wallaby tutorial.

Trish Hawrys

Thanks Louise! I did use a donkey reference picture but it was still too smooth looking . I’ll try wetting the edges to let the color bleed .

Cinthia Teague

My granddaughter has a white stallion. How I'd love to paint it. I will practice on this horse, but how about another tutorial with a white horse? Just sayin'

Marika Roth

Hello Louise. I seem to run into the problem of not having the exact colors available. I have a very large variety of paints at this point, but often, I still face the problem of not owning the paints specified in a tutorial. For example, I have several greens, but not the W Green blue shade as well as permament Alazarin crimson. I have regular crimson by DS. Also run into quin. red often but at this point I only have quin rose and several other reds. I hate to run out to the store every time I this happens. My watercolor board at this time consists of about 50 colors which I had hoped would be sufficient. Any help appreciated. Thank you very much again, Louise.

Louise De Masi

Hi Marika, One thing you can try is to use the pigment codes to help you find an alternative colour. You can download that information from the various paint manufacturer's websites. If you download a list of pigment codes from Daniel Smith for example, that will help you compare the colours. On this page you can download a chart with the Daniel Smith pigment codes on it: danielsmith.com/color-charts - Download the 'Watercolour Pigment Characteristics'. Some examples are: Winsor and Newton's Winsor Green blue shade pigment code is PG7 whereas Daniel Smith's Phthalo Green blue shade pigment code is PG7. Winsor and Newton's Quinacridone Red pigment code is PR209. Daniel Smith's Quinacridone Coral is pigment code PR209. That being said, choose whatever colour you have that might be similar to the colour I used. It doesn't have to match exactly. Many new painters worry about matching colours when they paint. The actual colour you use is not as important as the value of the colour you are using. The value of a colour is how dark or how light you apply it. Don't get too worried about matching hues (colours) when you paint. Instead focus on the lightness or darkness of the hue you are using. I try as much as I can to use Winsor & Newton paints consistently through all my tutorials so that students who do want to match colours exactly don't have to keep buying different brands of paints. I hope that helps.

Marika Roth

Thank you for these suggestions. I am still at the paint name level, and have not learned much about pigments. I know that is important so will try to pay more attention to that information.

Joyce C

Bit by bit I’m learning about pigment numbers, after 5 years into my watercolor adventure. I hope you can just relax and enjoy the process. Louise is a wonderful teacher. I also go to Jane Bundell and search on color substitutes. Just looking at all of those color swatches is inspiring, and then I notice those helpful little numbers!