



I figured I should teach myself to draw horses properly this summer, at least get the anatomy down, if not all the movements. After all, there are about 50 horses at camp, and I’d be an idiot to let that kind of opportunity get away. Here’s a solid afternoon’s worth (or two? days are blurring together a little) of dedicated sketching:

On the left, one of the many deer that wander through camp. They’ll pass by as close as 10 feet away – totally unafraid. The antlers are a bit of creative license on my part – weren’t more than nubs on the actual animal. On the right, a horse(?) skull that’s nailed to one of the uprights at the corral (a bit spooky) and a nice evergreen. Probably a Ponderosa pine, there are a lot of them up here. Might be something else, though.