Monday, July 4, 2011

How to draw an Arabian Horse

Use shapes to sketch the horse your drawing.In this drawing the hind legs are not level with the front, so don't try to make them level or the drawing will come out disproportionate.
Once you have the basic shapes down you can start fleshing in. Make sure you get all the curves in. I choose to take out the human and the halter. I also drew in the shadow. You might notice I added in some mane and a nice big forlock.
You can use a pen and draw in the lines you want to keep.You can use slashes to darken as I did with the shadow. Or you can smudge your ink to shade, as I did on the flank and belly.
To color this grey Arab I recommend water color. Put black in the dark areas and use water to dilute to grey and white.

Please tell me if you have any requests and what you think.

19 comments:

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    1. I bet you couldn't do any better... and your grammar sucks. Go back to school, I bet you are only ten years old. If you think his/her drawings are bad, let's see some of yours. You loser and complete troll!

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    2. That's pretty harsh. They were probably expecting help to draw a realistic arab. This one just looks cartoon.

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    3. DO NOT OFFEND THE ARABS MY RELATIVES DID BREED THEM THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CREATURES IN THE WORLD. I DO NOT WISH TO OFFEND 'ELEANOR' BUT THIS PICTURE DOES NOT SHOW THEIR BEST SIDE.

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    4. you could nicer you know .
      that was completely rude.
      thats to the person at the top of the comments

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  2. i wouldnt say it was ugly but doesnt look like the picture

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  3. It's a good thing I draw for fun, and every day I work on improving my drawing skills.
    I'm sorry if my drawing instruction does not help you. The goal was not to create an exact mirror of a picture, it was to demonstrate how one can, through circles and rough scetch come up with a horse, I only included a picture to keep an overal goal in mind.
    Thank you for your responses

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  4. i love it it's beautiful i can't see how people could say your drawing is ugly although a lot of people say arabians are ugly... thx this is perfect

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  5. Thank you for posting this! In no way is it ugly and it will be extremely helpful for me. This is clearly a rough for you to help others and then we add our own spin and skill to this. As an artist, thank you!

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  7. I personally loved it! thanks so much!

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  8. I think it is very beautiful
    Thanks so much, I now have my drawing hung up in my bedroom, it's just so elegant!!!

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  9. I think its beautiful, only thing I have to say is the mane is a little shaggy fr an arab :P

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  10. Great job! Very helpful for me also :)

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