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Published: 2019-10-05 07:31:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 922; Favourites: 78; Downloads: 0
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Made with faber castell pitt pastel at A4Let me know what you think about it
Have you any critique, feel free and let me know
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On Behalf of the GCC review panel and Inspiring Creation group we are proud to present to DrawingNynke our group's gold cup award for the Deviation "Horse Portrait"
This deviation will be placed in the Gold cup showcase slide show on the group's home page.
Congratulations DrawingNynke
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Wow thank you so much Pat, I feel very honored
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Your very welcome Nynke. The outside GCC panel chose this for the award and were really impressed with your skill in your pastel work.
We are very proud to have it in the gold cup gallery.!!!!!
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Thank you so much, I am glad you like this drawing!
Yes I made this drawing with fabercastell pit pastel pencils.
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Horse Portrait has been given the Inspiring Creation's Blue Ribbon award for excellence in composition,texture,anatomy, color harmony and realistic portrayal of the artist's focal subject. It has been included in the group's Blue Ribbon show case on the groups home page.
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Thank you so much for the feature! I feel very honored
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Your so very welcome Nynke. This is one of the best pastel drawings I've ever seen. !!!!!
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This is fantastic Nynke,!!!!!!
I think you have found your perfect medium.
The texture of the fur is perfect and the direction of the fur lines really defines the muscles and give the horse's head great volume.
anatomy of the head is excellent.
The way you did the reins with the highlights make it look like real leather.
This is so realistic and beautifully done.
Great choice of paper as it compliments the horse and really makes it stand out
Thank you so much for submitting the wonderful equine art to the group's weekly deviation gallery
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Thank you so much Pat!!!
Yes I found indeed the medium which really suits me
But still I like it so use now and then an other medium like watercolor pencils or colored pencils.
How is your arm by the way? Have you been able to draw already a little bit more?
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You have progressed in such a short time so much from the very first pastel you did to this one. Your very good in all mediums but I feel You really excel in the pastel medium.
Thank you so much for asking. I'm doing great after the 2nd surgery and have regained full mobility in both arms and hands. I have been drawing again but haven't uploaded much to DA. I'm working for a little shop that I do hand painted coaster sets. With it getting closer to Christmas now I haven't had much time to do anything I could upload here on DA. )
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I am happy to hear you are doing better now a days!
Wow it nice to read you are working in an art shop now, so you really turn your hobby your job. I think there a not a lot of people who can say that
Yes I can understand you are busy right now, just take your time 
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Thank you so much for your wonderful note. 
and if it's going to make a profit for the store. It does take a bit of the pleasure and fun out of it. I like better the times I can just do art for myself and not have to worry about whether people like it or not.
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Yes, I understand what you mean. When you make drawings just for yourself you just have more freedom. You can make what you want and the amount of time you will spend to it is up to you. But still I think there are far more worse jobs hahaha. But it will also depends on your boss, hope they don’t let you work to hard . Well at least you will get experience
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I do agree there are jobs far worse. lol. I've had plenty of those over my lifetime. Nothing like having a whole chute of 100 pounds of packing peanuts fall on the ground because the bag was not secure. lol.
What a mess to clean up. They kept bouncing everywhere from static when I tried to sweep them up.
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Schitterend Nynke, knap werk zo mooi getekend
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Heel erg bedankt Maria 
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Graag gedaan Nynke
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Such a beautiful horse! I love all the detail on the tack - those highlights and shadows are just perfect! The paper fits the color of the horse very well, and makes the color scheme of the drawing a lot better than just a white paper would. The fur texture is also good, and the eye is just gorgeous! 
To the things you could improve. Again, crop of the bottom of the photo / the drawing, or just fill the entire paper. Or just have a fade-out effect on the entire neck. Right now I feel the bottom right corner is just unfinished.
To the mane. Compared to all the detail of the fur I feel this lacks a little, especially close to the neck. I don't have the reference photo, but I would guess there was still some detail there - especially compared to all the highlights of the tack. Right now it also looks very dark, and takes more attention than it should - people should look at the eye or face, not at the mane.
Some stray hairs which go in different directions would also improve it a bit.
But else this is another great drawing 
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Thank you so much for the feedback
Yep again I forgot to crop the bottom off. Just too busy with other things I guess XD
But I promise next time I will don’t forget it hahahah
To the manes, yes they are indeed a little bit to dark. I must say that the real drawing is not as dark as the one I post, scanning always change the drawing at last a little bit. After years I finely found out how our printer actually works. Previously the scan was always to bright, but you can dime the light and create more contrast. So stupid hahahah. So, this saves me a lot of time, otherwise I needed to edited my drawings afterward (and I am not good at those things). But well, this one I made probably to dark, so as a result you can’t see the lighter hairs in de manes.
And yes I now how much you loves animals , but you are absolutely not the only one
I am glad you like it to critique my artwork, it always helps me a lot (even if I still forget to crop away some parts)
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