Horse Drawings Step-by-Step ~ Two Down, One More To Go!

“Beau In The Snow” is the second pencil drawing in a set of three horse drawings that I plan to draw of Holley Underhill’s beautiful, awesome Paint horses!

The name of this drawing is subject to change… I’m still kicking around names for it and, for the time being, I’m just calling it “Beau In The Snow”.

The photos below were taken as I worked on this horse drawing, showing the progress I made with each drawing session. As the photos show, I draw from photos and often start with the main subject in the photo(s).

Before I get too far along, I often start adding the background. In this case, I also changed the background by adding a few trees and eliminating the fence.

In general, I work from the left side of the paper to the right side to avoid smudging the drawing throughout the process with my hand. I also save the immediate foreground portion of the drawing until last as well, for the same reason.

During the drawing process, I periodically spray the drawing with Fixatif which provides a protective surface that helps reduce smudging while allowing you to still draw additional layers. I take the time needed to carefully clean the drawing surface up, though, prior to applying the Fixatif by erasing any areas that are smudged so that smudges aren’t set after the drawing is sprayed. When the drawing is finished and signed, I spray the whole drawing with a Final Fixatif that seals and protects the drawing permanently.