Have fun with this little guy.

I did mine using Trimoon's sketch action plus some tweaks.

absolutely beautiful

Thank you Amica... Now get your brushes out and start painting! LOL

I have got to agree with you Swampy that is one very cute colt ( sounds as if i know dosent it !!! but i dont, there was a clue in the title, I would of said pony ! but hey i am a townie/city girl) :)

Palms

Oh, Palms... That is really nice!! You set him free by taking out the fence!

Been on an oil binge of late, so I thought I would try a few tricks for this one too. I used Paint Engine with Artic preset (some selective cleaning) to start things off. I then blended in Eye Candy Jiggle and canvas (varying degrees of canvas based on brighteness tones). I finally copied the original and did an edge detect that I set to darken and blended that in too (selectively) to give that pre-sketch look that most paintings start out with. :)

My wife had a good laugh when she saw this..........feel free to join her, i never could draw horses, no change there then.
Palms yours I like and it is sure to win races later on, it is soooo streamlined.

lkrol... wonderful combination of tecnhiques. Love all the texture and brush movement.

Gilbert, yours has a children's book look that is delightful.

lkroll nice texture in your painting

Gilbert sorry i dont see anything to laugh at ! that is one cute horse, you can do horses (colts) in fact I hope Swampy will provide us with some more horse shots maybe a head portrait etc ( no rush Swampy though when you have a free minute or two :blush: please)

Palms

I take it you are both a cat and horse lover, Palms? :-)

I take it you are both a cat and horse lover, Palms? :-)

I love pictures of horses there is something about them, but that is as far as it goes, as they are bigger than me and have teeth, As a youngster we used to go horse riding except i would walk the horse and not get on them :) ( hope Peter dosent read that, )

Palms

Did a kind of smudge, then realized there were a lot of these posted, so threw in a B&W rendition.

Steve C.

Caught ya!!! I see just a tad of color (green) in the trees just over the fence line on the left side. 20 lashes with a wet noodle.. :-)

Now see, Steve, Palms loves horse shots, so get out in the horse country and take some pics to paing! Heeehee

Now see, Steve, Palms loves horse shots, so get out in the horse country and take some pics to paing! Heeehee

Yes Steve either you go out into horse country taking some shots OR i will have to go into the garden taking photos of flower's ( some nice asters there) but no pressure :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :wink:

Palms

Caught ya!!! I see just a tad of color (green) in the trees just over the fence line on the left side. 20 lashes with a wet noodle.. :-)

Now see, Steve, Palms loves horse shots, so get out in the horse country and take some pics to paing! Heeehee

Awrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!! I saw that too, and left it 'cause I was in a hurry. Should have known "Ole Eagle Eye" would spot it. In case you haven't figured out why it was left, I painted over the first one I posted, (after saving it, of course).

Not planning to head to horse farm country any time soon. But I am going down to Polk county in a day or two. If I can stand the heat, I may go over to Bok Tower and Cypress Gardens. Don't know yet.

Steve C.

Yes Steve either you go out into horse country taking some shots OR i will have to go into the garden taking photos of flower's ( some nice asters there) but no pressure :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :wink:

Palms

The old flower threat eh? Well I have been trying to get to the horse farms near here for a good while, but the weather has been pretty hot. I may wait till it cools off a bit in about a month or so.

Steve C.

Oh, Steve, grab some shots at Bok tower. That place is just beautiful!

Thought I'd do a bit of horsing around.

Foreground - PP Styled poster Art.
blended into

Background - Repligator Pollock.

More horseplay in Photoshop. Lots of freehand brush work plus color and lighting adjustments. Swampy, thanks for the great picture.