Multicolored Mane

15x22 watercolor done this month showing a partial horse's head and focusing on his beautiful multicolored mane. His mane flows with the wind and is as wild as he is. Reference photo is from one of the Alto wild horses taken last summer; he is part palomino and part pinto. Painted on Winsor Newton 140 lb cold press with Daniel Smith paints. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Mane Event

22x30 watercolor done today from a previous small horse with flowing mane.  This one is on Italia Acquerello 140 lb soft press paper and I worked wet on dry, but wet areas with large flat brush first before laying in paint.  I was trying to make this fellow a dappled grey, so just let colors run and spread of mixed palette neutral pigments.  Background was left white of the paper.
*Image copyright 2013 Kay Smith.