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Ed, I will try to make the long story short. One day I decided to take some snapshot of Khali while she was playing "seek and hide" and luckily get the expression I was looking for and I did this painting with a reference of the photo that most closely had that expression, beside that I had the chance to observe closely her beautiful eyes. So that's what I try to capture in my painting since I know her pretty well. That is one of the reason why I like portraiture of pet/animals, cause the challenge for me is, not just achieving the likeness of the animal but her spirit and personality, like you will do when painting a human portrait.
I hope this answer your questions and feel free to ask me what ever, that's the intention of this site....I guess..... I hope.... =) have a grate one!
Hi, there! Thank you for your comment, I will try to answer to your questions. When the horse is in rest position you wont see the muscles marked as they would in action, I have never own a horse nor been near by any, all I know about them is due to my love and passion I have for this magnificent creature, I have read a lot and even done sculpture in which you have to go and understand the horse conformation, and there is where I learned about muscles, and that's what I like to give in my painting, I invite you to have a look at my site at www.portraitsxsue.com and give me some comments.
I love any kind of animals, but horses are my specialty per say....
I want to recommend you a book that I found very helpful Animal Painting and Anatomy by W. Frank Calderon