{"id":73,"date":"2020-03-05T21:34:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T21:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kuromi.ca\/september\/?p=73"},"modified":"2020-03-05T21:37:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T21:37:29","slug":"maddy-jade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuromi.ca\/september\/?p=73","title":{"rendered":"Maddy Jade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I “can” draw just about anything – but I love drawing horses, birds and trees would probably be second. So this is Maddy Jade – a friend purchased this commission through a Horse Trials BC ( horsetrialsbc.com<\/a> ) fundraiser. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maddy Jade is extra cool because I actually considered buying her from New Stride ( newstride.com<\/a> ) in 2014. It was a toss up between her, and the horse I did buy – my Dharma Queen. Here is a picture of Maddy Jade on that spring day 6 years ago:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Years later she ended up at Chase Creek Eventing ( www.chasecreekeventing.ca<\/a> ) and then eventually my good friend Taylor ended up with her. She is a beautiful, sweet mare and I am so excited that she is going to have a foal in a month (eek!! cuteness overload – I’ll have to draw the foal of course!). Here is a recent photo of Maddy Jade – the one I drew:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I tried a different drawing technique this time. I have a new favorite artist – Bethany Vere ( www.bethanyvereart.co.uk<\/a>) – and she does realistic drawings using pencil crayon. Bethany likes to start at one spot and slowly moves across the piece. Finishing each section as she goes. I usually do the entire piece in layers. But its messy (my hand smudges everything) and maybe not as accurate. So I developed this piece loosely following Bethany’s method. I used Pan Pastels, which are amazing, and pencil crayons. I was also very diligent taking progress photos (pat myself on the back).<\/p>\n\n\n\n