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Published: 2012-05-17 16:55:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 369; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 0
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Three horses gallop down a grassy hill, inspired by the Chinese paintings of running ponies and sumi-e paintings. Above them, the sky swirls with a mix of bronze, gold, and black.Acrylic on canvaspanel, the original measures 9 x 12 inches.
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Hello, ObsydianDreamer here to give you a critique! Feel free to disregard anything you don't agree with - after all, this is just my opinion.
Now, I saw your post on the critique forum asking for some critique. I will keep in mind that you said this was an unfinished piece, and that you're looking how to proceed.
So first of all, I think the image needs more detail. While the piece at the moment does have a simplistic quality, I think it could be improved immeasurably with some more detail. I would look up tutorials on drawing horses, specifically for this.
The image is also quite plain, in my opinion. There's not much occurring in the background, and while I think that works to the piece's favour, perhaps you could try giving more definition to the clouds or such. Same to the grass/earth. I also think that if you were to redo the piece, you should "zoom out" a bit, but that's just my opinion.
The piece does have its good qualities (the simplicity, namely) I think if you re did the piece taking into account the points above, you would finish with a far better piece. Looking through your gallery, you definitely have the ability to.
I hope this has been helpful. if you have any questions about what I've said, feel free to reply or message me e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/sā¦ " width="15" height="15" alt="
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Thank you very much for the lovely critique - I have to agree, the background really bothered me, as when I first painted it I just swept on metallic paint & black, so, yes, I'll have to make them more interesting. Perhaps adding some mountains in the background would give them more of a feeling they're racing out in the wilderness.
Overall, it's supposed to have a Chinese ink art style, so I'll pretty much leave the horses as they are, unless I add some shadows to their bodies or solidify the lines more.
I agree, the grass looks sad. More details, yes. Always something to improve on.
Thanks again for taking the time to write a critique! 
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Glad I could help; can't wait to see the piece perhaps re-done some day.
Wishing you the best for the new year as well!
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I love the simplicity of this. The horses are given really nice shape in a few brushstrokes, well done! The grass is also well defined. Did you paint the horses or the grass in first? Great job!
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Thank you very much! I painted the horses in first. I think I had originally planned to paint them in more solidly, but it turned this way instead.
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You're welcome. It turned out very nice.
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