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This is maybe one of the cruelest drawings I've done. I was asked kindly if I could draw this horse, my sister's friend asked for it and she would have wanted the drawing to be a gift for another friend whose horse it was. A great horse that passed away way too early.
So, I was asked if I could draw it, and the one who asked should know I don't do commissions, and I replied that I'll think about it but I won't promise anything. The reference photo I was given was very nice and of course I would have basically liked to be helpful but my drawings just don't born of good intentions and plans of being nice. Anyway, the horse looked like a lovely creature so I decided to try even if I knew from the beginning I had no personal connection to this whole thing. The drawing process was enjoyable as long I could hold on to my good intentions of just being nice for once. It turned out to be one of the nicest horse portraits I've ever done – but very soon I realised I just couldn't make it look enough like the horse it was supposed to be. I didn't know the horse, I was told nothing about him and I couldn't go and ask because that could have been taken as a sign of me accepting to draw him. I had decided to try how the drawing would turn out without telling anyone I started it, and if it would turn out good enough, I could just let them know I did it and it's here if they still want it. But... as much as I like the drawing, I don't feel like I've pictured the right horse. There should be completely different sparkle in his eye and all I could make of it was this much more melancholic, emptier expression. The expression seems to me as hollow as was my knowledge of what I was drawing. I feel it's not a flaw in this though, I only did what I felt like doing, not what I was asked to do, cannot help that – and I like that it shows there, to me at least. It wasn't supposed to be a personal piece but the process of drawing it made it one. As for the cruel part, drawing it was one of the most pleasant experiences I've had in quite some time, it just appeared on the paper with such ease that I cannot think of giving the piece away. The person who asked if I could draw it doesn't know the drawing even exists but I still feel guilty. It would just be such a shame to give the drawing away and think the owner of the horse might see as well as I do that it's not her horse... and if that were the case, the drawing really has bigger value to me than it would have to her. The drawing is quite loose and simple in style; it's kind of unfinished because it stayed on my table waiting for about a month until I today came to a decision what I was going to do with it. The options were to force myself to work on it more in hopes of making it worth giving away (and probably just ruin it and kill all my inspiration to draw at all along the way), or to just decide it's fine as it is and it's going to stay right here with me. So, here it is, I consider it finished and I'm sorry I once again couldn't live up to someone's expectations but this way I'm happier. Very selfish, I know.  This is just a simple pencil drawing, no digital tricks. And please, don't start to talk about the shape of the horse's head or the size of the muzzle. It's a Finnhorse and they do have big heads, so if the anatomy of an Arabian face is all you've ever known, this is not even supposed to be anything like it.  |
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I have done several commissions that I just didn't think were up to snuff, but the owner thought was perfect.
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Besides, I agree, the owner of the deceased horse will also see that it doesnt not look like their own horse.
On a happier note, it's a very lovely picture and actually reminds me of my deceased horse.
The eye and the nose are my favorite parts, mostly because of all the depth created by the darkness.
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all horse is great, but this eye... it is beautiful!!
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