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Published: 2015-02-12 16:22:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 715; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 8
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“Crooked cards and straight whiskey, 
Slow horses and fast women.” ― Kenneth Rexroth

More horses! I've really gotten away from drawing them and I missed doing so. Here is another pair of wild horses enjoying the view. They seem to be investigating something down along the ridge. I wonder what they could be seeing? The challenge of this drawing was getting the pair together without making them look like they melted into each other. I've done a few more examples of pairs which you will be seeing shortly during this upload session.

Here's another trusty old steed I've painted:



Genre of Artwork: Digital Painting
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Artwork Created by: UkuleleMoon
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Comments: 14

Myrialuna [2015-02-19 11:27:43 +0000 UTC]

OMG it's so beautiful and so perfect ! i love so much and I hope that I will paint like that one day!

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UkuleleMoon In reply to Myrialuna [2015-03-05 18:40:06 +0000 UTC]

I'm sure you will!

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Valzed [2015-02-12 20:44:08 +0000 UTC]

Two alert and gorgeous scouts for the rest of the herd? I adore horses and miss being able to be around them. Thank you for your drawings of them. They bring such a smile to my face.

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UkuleleMoon In reply to Valzed [2015-02-13 14:35:30 +0000 UTC]

I am happy to bring such smiles to such a beautiful face!

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Valzed In reply to UkuleleMoon [2015-02-14 01:50:53 +0000 UTC]

~ blushes ~

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Diannaria [2015-02-12 18:09:03 +0000 UTC]

This brought a few (happy) tears in my eyes. During the summer, I spend a lot of time outside with my father's "old" horses, and I miss that period of the year sometimes. The horse I spend most time with, a mare actually, has a chesnut coat. I love to see her at a special time near the end of the day, when the sunlight gives her colours that look very much like the one in this painting. I thought of her as soon as I saw this. Thank you! 

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UkuleleMoon In reply to Diannaria [2015-02-12 18:30:53 +0000 UTC]

You are so blessed to have that experience. I'm incredibly honored and flattered that my picture gave you that sort of emotional response. Thank you for sharing that beautiful story. 

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Diannaria In reply to UkuleleMoon [2015-02-12 18:32:51 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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UkuleleMoon In reply to Diannaria [2015-02-12 18:36:57 +0000 UTC]

I think I have a penchant for drawing old horses too. Ones that are out to pasture and reflecting on their lives. Something fascinates me about that.

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Diannaria In reply to UkuleleMoon [2015-02-12 18:58:33 +0000 UTC]

Horse are fascinating, and something that I personnally like about old horses is that even if they seem serein or nonchalant sometimes, they often are still very strong and some even keep doing little tricks to people taking care of them, especially in horse riding centers, with inexperienced riders, tricks they learned over time. And some even have their habits in the center, I remember a pony going from the stable to the paddock, and from the paddock to the stable on its own. 

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UkuleleMoon In reply to Diannaria [2015-02-12 19:20:13 +0000 UTC]

Wow, really? I only rode when I was younger, like around 13 or 14 was the last real time I rode. With my back, it can't really happen any more. I love taking photography of them though.

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Diannaria In reply to UkuleleMoon [2015-02-12 20:24:03 +0000 UTC]

Ponies are usually smarter than horses, so they do a lot of things like that in centers. However, they don't always put their intelligence at good service. My godfather used to work in a stud farm ; when I was, I don't know, maybe seven years old, he bought me a young pony, since he knew that my father  already had horses (he tried to make his way through the tough world of horse races ... it didn't work). That pony outsmarted me : he always found ways to keep me from putting him to work. Classic tricks of course, but when you're seven, it's kind of hard to deal with that on your own. I fell so many times! I remember I once fell 5 times in a row. I never got anything broken though. But my mother had some frights.

That's too bad... at least, I presume you could still enjoy a nice carriage ride some day. But taking photography is also a way to appreciate these animals, it's not all about riding them or harness them.

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UkuleleMoon In reply to Diannaria [2015-02-13 14:45:49 +0000 UTC]

Ponies are characters. That's why it's My Little Pony instead of My Pretty Horse. Even back then, people knew that it would be more entertaining to share the antics of ponies than horses! And yes, I enjoy carriage rides from time to time. Sometimes just petting a horse is enough. It could be a lot worse! I don't have a cane any more and I can pick my girls up!

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Diannaria In reply to UkuleleMoon [2015-02-13 17:57:13 +0000 UTC]

Of course, and I think it's also because children are usually more attracted by cute ponies than intimidating horses. 

Besides the good thing about carriage rides is that you can enjoy them with your daughters!  

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