I’m a few days late posting this, because I’m working so hard on a client’s project! But I have taken the liberty to sign up for another little drawing workshop with Alöna from @art_and_giggles last Sunday
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This time we were sketching people of different ages — old people, teenagers, children, middle-aged, and so on.
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We were observing how they move, and how their waistline moves up!! (That was Alöna’s hint — I thought how brilliant!!
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This time I didn’t use any colour, and only focussed on the character study. I didn’t pay much attention to the facial details, but somehow I feel they do have a lot of expression and humour!
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What do you think? Can you imagine what they’re thinking?
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I’d love you to help me give them a story line — what are they up to? Where are they going? How’s their mood?
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Thank you so much for you teachings, Alöna! And thank you for spending time with me and my silly characters! See you after the 20th of October (the deadline of my project) ✨✨✨
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Portrait of a horse lover 💕
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Acrylic gouache and coloured pencils, a bit of Caran d’Ache neocolour II as well, just because I never know when a sketch is officially done 😉
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Maybe i need your help — is it done?
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Thanks for much for any comments, and — of course — for being here!
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Have a nice day ☀️💓🌦️🌈✨
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Ímir vom Kronshof, my lovely Icelandic horse and friend for years.
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He got injured, had surgery in March 2025, and the prognosis for him to ever been ridden again was unknown. My heart was broken, but I remained hopeful.
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I did everything. Massage, fascia rolling, exercises from the ground, walking him (many, many days of walking!!), ice packs, ice vibes, vitamins, supplements, injections, regular checkups at the clinic, different vets. Ultrasounds. MRT. Walking on the treadmill. Walking in circles.
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This is an incomplete list, and it doesn’t include all the sleepless nights of worrying and praying, hoping and being hopeful. I can’t tell you how much I love this horse. He really is my soulmate, and not being able to ride him doesn’t change a thing.
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Finally, a few weeks ago, after 18 months, I had another checkup, and together we decided that it’s safe to at least give it a try. I would start riding him, first only in walk, only on a straight line, only on even, hard ground.
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6 weeks later I’m cautiously happy to say that the leg looks still good. We started a bit of trot, 2x 100m on a straight line. We’re flying!! It feels so good. Even though I got to say, I’m not able to relax fully — a slight tilt to the left, to the right, a slightly irregular footstep …. Is he lame again?
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If you’re still reading this, you’re probably thinking, why is she telling us all this? The answer is, I really don’t know. All I do know is that this is what this picture is about. And maybe it is why the legs of the horse are somehow too fragile, and why she is half on and half off the horse, carefully feeling its front and back at the same time. And probably that’s why he is half walking and half standing, and the colours …. The colours are so much Ímir 🐴❤️
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This is how my paintings all have a long story behind them. This one is done in my Din A3 sketchbook with acrylic gouache and a bit of coloured pencil on top.
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I’d love to hear what you thing of this. Thank you so much for being here 🩷🩷🩷
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