Drawing: Horses

Quarter Horse

The quarter horse is a powerfully built, muscular breed, known for its agility and superior cattle-cutting abilities. The name quarter horse is derived from the breed’s capacity to run at high speed for distances up to a quarter of a mile. Emphasize the strong hindquarters and muscular neck when you draw this horse.

This pose represents another challenge. Here the horse is viewed from the rear and at an angle, so you will need to use foreshortening techniques in your drawing. Foreshortening means to reduce or distort parts of a drawing in order to convey the illusion of depth as perceived by the human eye. In this case, the horse’s side is shortened to show that the front of the horse is farthest from the viewer. As a consequence, ...