# Getting’ Sketchy – Horse 03/23/2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [March 23, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/getting-sketchy-horse-03-23-2022/4730 "2026-03-23T21:12:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tracidraws](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/tracidraws/32/8361_2.png) [@tracidraws](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/tracidraws)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/getting-sketchy-horse-03-23-2022/4730/1 "2026-03-23T21:12:39Z")
Reaching back in time to an episode that was four years ago. My first experience with white charcoal on black paper. I don’t have black charcoal paper or Mi-Teintes so I did this on the Fabriano Black Black which is one of my favorite papers. I had forgotten though that you can’t erase well without leaving a mark on this paper so there was a bit of a struggle. I also had a lot of difficulty photographing it as the camera exaggerated the contrast and no amount of adjustment seemed to help. I loved doing this and learned a lot about how white charcoal performs. It will be great to try another white on black with a paper that lends better to blending and erasing. A great value study. And good study of the structures on a horse. I did not complete the background as I am running out of drawing time because school starts next week for me so I want to explore as much as possible before then. Once again, I obviously did not complete this in 45 minutes. Those 45 minutes seem to translate into an entire day for me. But I’m trying to study in depth for now until I get the hang of all the new media and order more art supplies. I’ll have to loosen up and hopefully speed it up later. ![20260323_145557 final](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/1/1bfe224ed31f77b15a1ac275ae9b08ee8a4b1e7f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Denise](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/denise/32/40_2.png) [@Denise](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Denise)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/getting-sketchy-horse-03-23-2022/4730/2 "2026-03-24T22:18:40Z")
This s fabulous! Everything stroke about is catching my eye. Great job. ---
**Author:** ![alongsidemom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/alongsidemom/32/7473_2.png) [@alongsidemom](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/alongsidemom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/getting-sketchy-horse-03-23-2022/4730/3 "2026-03-25T13:08:09Z")
This is stunning, well done! I also tend to be slower at the process; I hope speed comes as my confidence and familiarity with materials builds! ---
**Author:** ![theresebriggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@theresebriggs](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/theresebriggs)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/getting-sketchy-horse-03-23-2022/4730/4 "2026-03-30T20:20:34Z")
Very nice horse Traci…His values and shape make him look so real! When I did this one, I remember my drawing resemble many sketches of a horse’s head I did when I was a child. Couldn’t quite get that out of the photo for some reason… I grew up with a horse since age 9 until just a few years ago and turned out perfect timing for my horse of 24 years to go to heavenly pasture cuz I no longer could lift 90 lb bails of hay and my boys were tired of lifting them too! (Had to store 2 tons for one horse for the winter!!) ---
**Author:** ![tracidraws](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/tracidraws/32/8361_2.png) [@tracidraws](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/tracidraws)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/getting-sketchy-horse-03-23-2022/4730/5 "2026-03-30T20:35:56Z")
Thank you so much @theresebriggs. The drawing is a bit brighter in person as I had difficulty photographing it. I have not ridden in a long time but still have all my tack. I miss it a lot but perhaps one day again I’ll have horses. I won’t be lifting more than a flake of hay at a time but I’d find a way to manage. ---
**Author:** ![theresebriggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@theresebriggs](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/theresebriggs)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/getting-sketchy-horse-03-23-2022/4730/6 "2026-05-13T02:56:18Z")
Probably because of the black pape.r I’m guessing it exaggerated the contrast? Yes, try Mi-Teintes paper …think you’ll love it!