I put some finishing touches on it yesterday, and I think it's all done now. This is on 11 x 14" cold press watercolor paper.
For some reason, my favorite parts of drawings like this are the large shaded areas (in this particular drawing, it's the horse's coat I like best. Just one big area of cross-hatching. I love it. Why? I don't know. Probably the same reason I enjoy the flat drive through southwest Indiana or all 14 minutes of Nick Cave's "Babe I'm on Fire.")
If you think the man in front looks sort of like me, that's because it is. In my original reference photo, I didn't like the man's pose, so I posed myself in my living room and had my daughter stand on the couch (so she'd be at eye level) and take some photos of me to use as reference.
Next up: two more house portrait commissions.
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