A book to teach you how to draw horses.

From the super-smart Arabian to the ancient Appaloosa, all horse breeds need attention and care. This book not only gives readers essential knowledge about caring for pet horses, it also teaches how to draw them. Colorful photographs accompany step-by-step instructions that guide readers through outlining a horse’s body and shading in muscles and tails. Fun facts about each breed will keep readers turning pages long after a drawing is done.

Continuing the success of the Draw in 15 Minutes series, horse artist Diana Hand shows you how to express your love of horses through drawing. In a series of tutorials, she describes every stage from finding your model and learning the basic skills of drawing to portraying the movement and spirit of the individual horse. Draw Horses in 15 Minutes will inspire you to make your own expressive drawings based on the principles of equine anatomy. Furthermore, you will discover a skill you never thought you had.

Provides step-by-step, illustrated instructions for drawing a variety of different horse breeds, including the quarter horse, mustangs, Shetland ponies, and thoroughbreds.

Draw Horses There's nothing quite so captivating as the elegant lines, powerful muscles and graceful movements of a horse. For centuries, artists have celebrated these exquisite creatures in their work—now you can too! Lee Hammond shows you how with her special step-by-step method for breaking down each subject into easily drawn shapes that fit together like pieces of a puzzle. She'll teach you the basics of horse anatomy along with the finer details, including facial features, hair, legs and hooves. You'll learn blending and shading techniques to capture a horse's form and dimension, then give each animal personality, conveying emotion and spirit with startling realism. Learn to draw horses of any age, in any stance. Master the techniques needed to render a horse in motion, and capture the speed, power and grace of an animal on the move. Hammond makes it easy, illustrating each lesson with start-to-finish exercises and invaluable advice. So what are you waiting for? It's time to grab your pencil, saddle up and begin your new artistic journey.

Find out how to draw hair, legs, necks, ears, eyes, and everything else in a horse’s body. An explanatory guide with many pictures of how the artist made drawings of horses that look like photographs. Take a step into the dark and become educated as to how you can draw realistic horses, following a step-by-step method that gives you insights, tips, and mandatory techniques. Read about: Figuring out when to use an HB or a 3B pencil. The right way to smudge, draw hair, and make a horse come alive. Contrasts, shades, and tails, some of the most challenging parts of drawing horses. The difference between easy shadows and complicated ones, and how to identify areas. Fun and smart ways to create beautiful horse hair, eyes, noses, and ears that resemble reality. And much more!

Presents step-by-step instructions on drawing different types of horses in various poses.

‘I never see my father. My father never sees me. But I see with the eyes he gave me. Slanted like the wings of gulls flying in the sky. And, when my mother speaks of Mexico, her eyes mist up with the lights of memory.’ Through young Mai’s eyes, life is enchanting and full of beauty. She dances on her grandfather’s feet while he talks of freedom. But the world is hard and her mother is struggling. When Rashid arrives, he casts a deep shadow over their lives. Nothing is beyond her new stepfather. They are desperate to escape from him, and their world becomes a constant battle for survival – one of fleeing, multiple identities, abduction and upheaval. Mai’s eyes not only witness the story of her mother, but also the poignant stories of the many women she encounters across different countries. Finally, Mai learns that, when freedom comes, it comes at a bitter price. From Mexico to Scotland to London to North Africa, the West Indies and back again, Glowfly Dance is a powerful and haunting story of migration, resilience and, ultimately, hope.

Survival, horses, wild life, farm life and farm humor. This book is a look at the adventures and stories of a city girl becoming a country girl and many of the lessons she and her husband learn along the way. It is filled with stories of the animals they love, the wild life they find and the challenges that just happen on a daily basis. From the eagle they saved, the cat that adopts them, the funny things that horses do, saving a cow in birth, the agony of trying to save a horse that colics and the countless things that have to be fixed as they live in the country. This is a story of retirement as they learn, adapt and overcome obstacles in their transition to country life.