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Artist // Hobbyist // Traditional Art
Badges
BlackBerry: Exclusive Neil Gaiman BlackBerry Badge
Albino Llama: Llamas are awesome! (65)
My Bio
I started painting after an incident with my horse put me in A + E.
Horses, dogs, cats and nature in pastels, oils and acrylics. I've had a few commissions for horse portraits, but I am not quite brave enough to give up the day job just yet.

Favourite Visual Artist
Rembrandt, Stubbs
Favourite Movies
Hot Shots, Hot Fuzz, Coraline
Favourite TV Shows
Father Ted
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Pendulum, The Divine Comedy
Favourite Books
All sorts, where do I start?
Favourite Writers
PG Wodehouse, Alaistair Reynolds, Douglas Adams
Favourite Games
Professor Layton and other good puzzly games. A good shoot em up game if I am feeling stressed, old style World of Warcraft
Favourite Gaming Platform
PC (sad but true)
Tools of the Trade
paintbrushes, super mechanical pencil, mahl stick (so handy!), camera and printer so I have photos to work from
Other Interests
Horses, dressage, equine sports massage, equine touch, wildlife, walking
So, I've decided to open a store on Zazzle, easier said than done. First I had to pick a name...... Then uploading the individual cartoons up there, and sticking them onto mugs, and, well, only mugs for now... Have a look at my store, and let me know what you think.  Don't be too brutal! http://www.zazzle.co.uk/equitooniverse Any hints for the complete novice?
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I'm working on a 'proper' landscape, with sky and trees and grass (and a few horses thrown in for good measure). Feeling a little bit ambitious, and why not? The sky looks a bit like sky, with clouds, and bits of blue stuff peeking through.  Am quite pleased with the sky. :-) The grass looks a bit meh, needs a lot of work, looks a lot like a greenish, yellowy smear across the canvas.  But you can tell its supposed to be grass. As for the trees..... Well, lets just say I've worked out one of the alternative uses of a palette knife.  They are quite handy at scraping off badly painted trees..... My paintings tend to go through a stage of l
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Wow, one of my most favourite authors of all time combined with an art competition? http://keepmoving.blackberry.com/desktop/en/us/ambassador/neil-gaiman.html?CPID=STBANEMUKFY13Q4000000203400013620001001BAN017
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Happy Birthday :)
:party: :cake:
thank you for the lama! :tighthug:
Welcome to AoE :iconartists-of-equus:

Hope you’re having a good year so far! Apologies for the belated welcome!

Just an introduction to our main features :) We have regular competitions, A popular mentorship program, Member exposure features, Songs for the soul, Commission listings, Member networking, a vast range of galleries, yada yada much more I’m sure you’ll find out ;) . Everyone is very friendly and there are lots to do. We'd love to see you take part in it.

Our gallery guide & submission rules can be found; [link] and [link]
We also have our monthly news journal here; [link]

Visit the main page for most of the mentioned features, browse around and see what you find. Please also consider “watching” the staff too, they’re a friendly bunch! Any problems or questions, just ask!

Have a great day. :)
I thank thee for the llama. :worship:
:llama:
Thanks for the llama!
Thank you the Llama