Cartoon horse

This time I am not going to just paint, or draw. No, I am going to combine these two aspects in one piece of work. Using my new posca paint markers. I chose to make this cartoon in the first place, because cartoons are funny to look at and make, and in the second place to test my new markers. I had never worked with these markers before, so it was kind of an experiment to get used to the way they work.

Of course my drawing needed to contain a horse. I searched in one of the many drawing books I own for inspiration. Drawing books really are a great help in learning step by step how to draw, I recommend them to everyone. The horse needed to be a cartoon horse, because I felt like these posca markers suited this style best. After having found the perfect horse I started sketching the outlines.

After having sketched the horse I continued sketching the horse-rider. Who is, in this image, just trying to get back on her horse, with help of a tree shrunk. How she ever ended up in this situation? I have no clue, that is a different story you may think of yourself.

I decided to draw them on a rider track in a forest, because I needed a tree for her to get back on horseback. So I drew some trees in the background. I finished the background by drawing some details, like mushrooms, and some tree plants.

I then decided that the right front of the image was a bit boring. I solved this by adding a cute little dog, who is cheerfully exploring the path for his fellow horse, and owner.

When my sketch was ready I moved on to the coloring itself, using my paint markers. I started with the blue background, not the best decision as it turned out later. The markers worked greatly, but proved themselves to be worth the most on the smaller details, like the horse and rider, and not in the background. On the larger surfaces, like the sky, the tip stripes from the markers where still visible.

The paint markers did a great job in the foreground of the image. The colors where amazing, and it was considerably easy to add highlights and shadows, because it is possible to go over parts you have colored before. The use of these markers creates a fun and cartoon like effect on this image.

After having found out that the usage of these markers did not add any particular value in the background. I decided to use crayons for the coloring of the large surfaces in the background. Like the grass, and the trees. This worked out better than expected, and I am very fond of the result.