Saturday, March 16, 2013

Last Portrait of Turk Turk

Last Portrait of Turk Turk - , gentle giant of a draft horse, died this week. I painted a final portrait of him and made a tribute video (link to YouTube).



He had been losing weight even on a special diet, and a rear leg was so lame that he was almost unable to stand up to from the ground. He was aged about 28-30 years.

Portrait of the horse Belgian Turk, gouaches, 5 x 8 inches.
I stood by his stall and painted in gouache. The challenge was that it did not already own, and even facing the wrong way most of the time.

Paints Turk
Clockwise from top left: Brush pen and watercolor pencils; Oil on panel; Watercolor and gouache; and casein.