Fine legs, a dished face and a tail carried high: this is the horse drawn as a breed rather than as an animal, standing between two palm trees with dunes rolling away behind. The palms are the detail, each frond drawn separately, and they go best in two greens so the fans do not flatten into one shape. Keep the sand a single very pale wash, because anything stronger pulls the eye off the horse. Six years and up, about fifteen minutes. Another coat worth taking time over is on Realistic Horse.
Coloring ideas for this page
- A grey or white coat, the colour the breed is best known in.
- Two greens on the palm fronds, sand kept to the palest wash.
Coloring inspiration
It is hot here. Draw where this horse goes to find water.
A slender horse with an arched neck between palm trees, dunes behind it.
