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Medium: Graphite on Bristol boardDimensions: 11 x 14
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Thank you! I'm afraid I don't have any real pointers outside of the ones I'm sure you've already heard - practice, and look at horses, either from life or photographs, and learn how to translate what you see into the medium you work in. I used a photo reference on this piece, and I have never successfully drawn a horse straight from memory. 
You might try searching for a tutorial even here on DA; I know some artists are better at breaking down process than myself, and there are some really spectacular equine artists on DA.
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your welcome very much.
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You're welcome! Keep up the amazing work!
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Oh wow, this is really stunning. The eyes are so full of emotion.
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Thank you very much! I liked the eyes best myself.
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Beautiful. I would work on the mane a little bit, but im not so great with the mane either so...
Love his/her eye too. It looks so real and full of life!
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Thank you!
And the mane looked a bit eh to me as well. But it was a fast drawing, and so I didn't worry about it too much. 
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haha, thats what I do most of the time. I do the mane last and im usually so excited that its finally done that I do a crapy job on the mane just so I can say its finished. ;]
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Yea. My two hour drawing time was coming to an end.
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You have a spefic time limit? Thats odd. I can draw as long as I want..
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Ha ha, no, I don't have a limit on how much I am allowed or want to draw. 
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OH, I see. I usually do my drawings really fast; not because I have to, simply because I dont have the patients to take much longer than I already do! ;]
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I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!
i'd try it but i don't have a Bristol board...
i expect that it wouldn't look as good with out it.
i'm guessing that ithe Bristol board makes it look like hair. but i bet i'm wrong so could tell me wut it really is...
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Thanks!
Bristol is just a heavier weight paper; not much tooth or anything, and just white. So basically just thick white paper. 
I hope that made sense? <_>
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Bristol you say? Never tried that? I've only heard of it like 3 times or so. Maybe I'll try that sometime. Thanks!
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oh ya perfectly...
oh and ur drawing is beautiful.
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I like the hair detail down the front of his face. And the eye.
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Thank you! I did the face texture a little differently than I normally do. Glad you like it!
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ZOMG SHE LOOKS LIKE MY HORSE SHAKIRA!!!! Except she's a red/blood bay.
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Awesome! 
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I find them to be simply beautiful! People who hate them have no reason to. Arabs are very intelligent and the stubborn ones are only that way because their owners did a bad job.
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Heh, yes, with Arabs you either seem to love 'em or hate 'em.
There is one arabian I know, though, who I think is just a bad apple. x_x I guess there's some in every breed.
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It's just that Arabs are extremly intelligent and and arabs personality also depends on the type of arab it is. The Egyptians and Polish arabs are very fiery and high strung. While the Gidrans on the other hand, are quite docile and make great 3Day Eventers.
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This one was fat and hateful.
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ROFL!!!!!!!!! Fat arabs I pity. They never get a chance to show off their true beauty.
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Wow it is so amazing to me on how anyone can draw a horse this good!You are one heck of a good artist!!!You are one of my favorites!
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Aw, thank you! That gives me warm fuzzies.
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