Sketches - wild horse bucking bronco continuous line drawing

Another sketch while I continue to paint on a couple large canvases. Tomorrow evening I can be found painting a couple little ones at "Atefactz" on the Square in Granbury from about 5 to 8 pm. If you are in the area, come find me! I promise you will love the stuff in this store: jewelry, UNIQUE gifts, and fabulous yarns. The owner, Cynthia James, will be demonstrating her glass jewelry making. Upstairs you'll find fiber artists busy at work, and Teddy Bear Artist Dona Sorensen will be crafting her trade as well.
Matthew 24:43
But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

Looking for Spring

SOLD to a collector in Canada

I know it's February, but there is a touch of Spring in the air. Dandy can feel it and she's appears to be looking for it. All the horses are ready for green grass. Dandy is still quite fuzzy despite the 90+ degree temperature yesterday, and her dark coat reflects every color of the rainbow.

Yesterday was very warm, but the horses were acting as if it were a cold day - kicking and bucking. I saw them through the studio window and grabbed my camera as I ran out the door. I was wearing shorts and had my painting apron on. Easy stopped dead in his tracks and stared and stared - not recognizing me in shorts, I guess! I could have taken offense, but I just assumed he was blinded by my white legs! PJ was surprised, too, and took off bucking like a young athlete - which she is neither.

Today is supposed to turn cold again - hopefully the peach trees will resume their slumber.

Media: oil on gessoed masonite
Size: 8 in X 6 in (20.3 cm X 15.2 cm)
Price: $115 USD

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Not His First Rodeo

16 X 20 Oil on stretched canvas
with painted sides ready to hang or frame $150
Includes shipping and insurance in U.S. Only

At the photo shoot last week one cowboy's horse suddenly decided that she didn't want to cooperate and gave all us photographers quite a show. According to his owner, she has never bucked like this, but a couple cowboys knowingly shook their heads and commented "Never trust a piebald, moon eyed horse." Now I painted this horse red (artistic license) but she is actually a true piebald paint - black with blue eyes - and stunning in appearance and probably the best looking animal at the shoot.
The cowboy never got back on his horse for the rest of the day - she was too skittish and refused to settle down. But I got a good dozen photos, and even though it wasn't a "planned" set, I paid the cowboy for his "modeling". I was especially relieved that he wasn't hurt and rode the buck for more than the required 8 seconds before dismounting!
1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."