Artist Peggy Osborne shows you how to draw this classy chestnut horse on sand-colored mat board.
“This lovely horse is a beautiful chestnut color…one of the most common horse colors and seen in almost every breed.
“I am drawing this on Canson Mi-Teintes sand-colored mat board. It takes lots of layers and erases really well. It also takes lots of punishment, and works great with solvent, as I will show you in this tutorial.” –Peggy Osborne
Classy Chestnut Horse Tutorial
The techniques in this tutorial include layering, blending with odorless mineral spirits, and burnishing.
The tutorial is 22 pages in length and includes a full supply list, and full-color illustrations, and a line drawing so you can make a fast start.
Learn How To:
Layer and blend colors with solvent
Draw short, sleek fur
Draw long, flowing mane and forelock
Create a beautiful black background quickly and easily
And much more
Skill Level
Intermediate and higher.
Are you a beginner? You can successfully complete this tutorial if you have a basic understanding of layering.
The tutorial includes a color list for easy reference. Don’t have those exact supplies? That’s okay! The tutorial also includes color swatches so you can match colors. You can successfully complete this tutorial with any brand of pencils and on most traditional drawing papers.
Do You Enjoy Drawing Other Animals?
You might also enjoy Peggy’s Regal Rottweiler & Ginger Cat tutorials.
All tutorials are available as digital downloads only.
About Peggy Osborne: Peggy is an accomplished self-taught artist living in Canada specializing in creating beautiful realistic portraits of pets and family members. She’s had an on going love affair with colored pencils, loving their simplicity, for as long as she can remember. She started out using graphite pencil so it was an easy transition to carry on with colored pencils. Love of animals and art go hand in hand. Peggy is in awe of what can be accomplished with colored pencils. See more of Peggy’s work at Pet Portraits by Peggy. You can also meet Peggy in the January issue of CP Magic.
