This is a great painting to try if you want to paint something with a little “action”.
We will create a feeling of pace and power for the horse using various shades of golds, reds and blues. This give us a real sense that were in the heart of the action.
Using wide brush strokes, combined with contrasting and complimentary colours, we use light and darks areas to create form. Later on in the tutorial we will use Quinacridone gold and reds mixed with some cobalt blue to really highlight the intense areas and create that feeling of fast movement within the painting.
Using washes and brownish reds we will enhance the dusty feel within the background to give the horse and barrel a solid grounding. This is a really fun painting to try if you’ve never painted a fast moving subject before. Let's get the brushes out
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