Preliminary Sketches for the Painting, “Wild Horses”

By Melani | June 8, 2018 |
A detail from A preliminary pencil sketch for the "Wild Horses" painting, of running, wild horses, featuring one looking back.
A preliminary pencil sketch for the "Wild Horses" painting, of running, wild horses, featuring one looking back.

These pencil drafts (see the second image below) are the second phase in the creation of my paintings. (You can see the paint spatter in the first phase here.) They’re messy and loose and far from refined. But the looser they are, the more they keep the spirit of the initial inspiration for the painting. I want to refine them as I move through the creative process, but not squelch their lively character.

Just like working with horses.

A preliminary pencil sketch for the "Wild Horses" painting, of running, wild horses, featuring a proud horse with an arched neck and head tucked.

See the evolution of this piece from sneak peek to idea exploration to paint spatter to this post of the preliminary sketches to inked images to completed painting.

The original painting of  “Wild Horses” is available for purchase here.

And you can see the finished painting in person at the Art of the Horse Art Exhibit at Cal Expo (Sacramento, CA) starting today, Friday, through Sunday(June 8-10), as part of the Western States Horse Expo.

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