"Blue Eyes"

"Blue Eyes" 9 x 12 Colored Pencil on Pastel Board

This painting started to take on a mind of its own the more I worked on it. Originally I had a beautiful silver dapple pinto in mind as I started to color the horse; however, the more I colored it the blacker the horse became! I eventually gave up trying to save the light grey idea and just went with it. When the painting was finally finished I just had to laugh because it came out looking like my mare Melody. I think its telling me to do a portrait of my girl rather than other people's babies! :)

On another note, looks like I'm taking a very spontaneous trip to Washington DC to visit my sister and I will be back on Monday. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!