The Making of "Camelot"

After studying a package of pictures from the client, I chose three reference photos to make digital sketches from. I find greens and blues go well with chestnuts, so for background options I scanned a blue rock with reddish-brown (chestnut) streaks which would pick up the horse colour, and pictures of sky and stone wall with vines, from my extensive photo files. The three backgrounds could have been switched around so that, for example, the sky was with the front image etc. The client chose the blue rock with the quater turn pose, but wanted more flowing mane like in the front view, and more neck showing. Using digital brushes much like I would traditional ones, I added more neck detail, the mane, and made other changes to make the digital version. With email, it's easy to send JPG sketches; when the digital version was approved, I transferred it with black pastel to a Gessoed board. After fifty hours of painting over two weeks, I scanned the finished piece for the customer to examine. She was delighted, so off it went to it's new home.

The Process:

Reference photo 1	Reference photo 2	Reference photo 3
Digital version	Digital sketch 2	Digital sketch 3
Acrylic portrait, "Camelot"

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Wendy E. Stevens (signature name Gamble)
15 Jean St., Saint Basile NB Canada E7C 2K1
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email gambleart@equineartguild.com