Here is the first attempt of a horse in pastel. The picture was from a friends photo that wasn’t the best as I really couldn’t see the eyes and the picture itself was fuzzy. I did the best I could and I did this on velour, which made it much more difficult. I am not really happy with the color choice of the background, as it doesn’t really make the horse “Pop” which I wanted. I am not too familiar with doing backgrounds on velour and so I was afraid to even attempt that yet.
I am going to try this on a smoother paper which I can blend on and put a background that brings it to life…I hope. I will share it after I complete it. Let’s see the differences between the two then. Anyway, hope you like the attempt. 
Atticus
I am new at being an artist but I find it so interesting that we are so critical of our work! I would have never thought anything about the background of your picture! I would have just looked at it and thought wow! That is impressive!
Wow, thanks so much Andrea. It’s so true about being critical. It’s like when I do a picture I want so much more from it. When I actually sent this to the friend that wanted me to do this, he said it took his breath away and it was beautiful. I guess that’s all I should be looking for. If this makes him that happy, then it’s enough.
Wow! This is amazing. You have such a wonderful talent. I just love to look through your work
Your comments make my day!