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Study at your own pace. Online access to your tutor. For all ages and abilities. Improving your skills or furthering your art career? We have a course for you.
Welcome to our latest weekend art challenge which we set our students this week. It was not the easiest of challenges, in fact, drawing or painting a horse in motion for an experienced artists is a huge challenge. So our students have done incredibly well and we think you will be very impressed with the results below.
Our feature of the week is by Julie Smally and we absolutely love it. Julie said…
A heavenly chariot is pulled by Horses in Motion, supposed by the Ancient Greeks to bring the sun each day. Gave myself a cheeky chance to play Helio’s! …And THAT’s why I love making art.
Julie Smalley
A shoutout to new student Najat Aziz who has created a lovely sketch of a horse in movement – its perfect. You can see how Najat was working out the shape and form of the horse and how it moves. Well done Najat!
Everyone has worked very hard on their artwork this week and we really hope you have enjoyed viewing them all. We also hope that you will stay tuned for the next challenge coming up tomorrow!
Not my usual sort of subject but always worth experimenting! Rita FrostMy attempt at this weekend challenge, Horses in motion, well one horse in motion ‘Into the night’ my little horse was my inspiration but my watercolour skills don’t do her justice. Lynne BagnallJust a quick study and experiment – horses are my thing but I think I know them too well! Jill AllsoppI have chosen pastel again, for a white horse running in snow from a photo, hope we don’t see any snow for a long time yet! Pauline BurkeThe motion is closer to the world around the horse and the energy I sense from them. This is a mini painting I have been working on, not fully created for this competition. Justin RobinsonBit last minute- quick weekend challenge Emma Jane KnowlesNajat AzizA little oil study for the weekend challenge! Theresa HaworthAcrylic and gold leaf …. as seen in a dream Gill BrookI wasn’t happy with my first horse drawing so I had a go at tweaking it…… Susan ZajaczkowskaMy Quick sketch for this weekend challenge, not much time this week but managed to get 5mins. Chris RyeThought I add this to the weekend challenge my daughters horse in pastel of when he was a successful racehorse racing in Dubai Gwen ReavleyMy contribution to the weekend challenge horses in motion pastel pencils on pastelmat paper. Gwen ReavleyHorse in movement. Watercolour and white gouache Jackie GrovesA heavenly chariot is pulled by Horses in Motion, supposed by the Ancient Greeks to bring the sun each day. Gave myself a cheeky chance to play Helio’s! …And THAT’s why I love making art. Julie SmalleyWeekend Challenge, the Icelandic horse in motion Dóra BirgisThis weekend’s challenge- Wild Horse. Really enjoyed drawing this! Charlotte DraperI’ve decided that for this weekend challenge to do something a little different. I’ve drawn a hippocampus which is half horse/ fish, it comes from Greek mythology. I’ve used watercolour pencils for my drawing. This week I used water to give the drawing a watercolour affect. I’ve drawn multicoloured mainly diagonal lines for the background affect. Nina PhillipsWeekend art challenge. Horses in movement: so I painted this from a friends photograph of the Ballyheigue Races held on January 1st 2020. It was only my second painting at my art class so was very pleased with the outcome. It’s painted in acrylic on canvas. Liz BrowneWatercolour Bebe KanterAcrylic on canvas. Painted this for my mum. Sazzer BeeWeekend challenge, from the archives. One of my very early paintings which, I think, fits the criteria? Oils on canvas. ‘Keeping up with Mum’ Dorothy RobinsonThought I would share this illustration I did a while ago after a dear friend asked me to do the illustrations for a children’s story she had written. This is Spirit the horse, and Molly. Lisa ElmsI painted this picture of a horse quite a while ago, it is acrylic on canvas board. Of course it is a copy of the lovely Lloyds bank black horse. Helen TurnerBiro and a little Acrylic. Did this 11 years ago. My sister in law going cross country with her late mare Suzy. A wonderful horse. Claire Fallon
