How to draw Horses?

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Can anyone recommend a good how to draw horses book? I used to draw them all the time but I'm having trouble getting back into it. I got a few from the library but the were a bit... lackluster.

I really need one that will break the anatomy/muscle groups down to basic shapes since that's how I draw. I have done life drawing in the past but I'm super rusty and I've only ever worked from objects/people.
 
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Deviant Art has a lot of really great horse anatomy tutorials. I also find sitting at a petting zoo or farm and spending time sketching form live animals helps a lot too. You can also do a lot by drawing or sketching from stock photos from a simple google search. By utilizing the three things it's all books would cover and it's free. ;)
 
Skybreeze said:
Deviant Art has a lot of really great horse anatomy tutorials. I also find sitting at a petting zoo or farm and spending time sketching form live animals helps a lot too. You can also do a lot by drawing or sketching from stock photos from a simple google search. By utilizing the three things it's all books would cover and it's free. ;)
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Thanks for the suggestions! I really am wanting a physical media tho. I can draw from my phone/computer but it's easy to get distracted. ^^; I'm not super into life drawing either, and I've never been good when I try to do it on moving objects lol.

If I know the title I might be able to get an interlibrary loan for cheap or free tho. And unless it's super rare cheap 2nd hand books are easy enough to get ahold of.

I did toy with getting the Little Pony Drawing Book but I thought I'd better brush up on my realism before jumping back into a cartoony style XD
 
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Lilykin said:
Can anyone recommend a good how to draw horses book? I used to draw them all the time but I'm having trouble getting back into it. I got a few from the library but the were a bit... lackluster.

I really need one that will break the anatomy/muscle groups down to basic shapes since that's how I draw. I have done life drawing in the past but I'm super rusty and I've only ever worked from objects/people.
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I just tried to find something that would be useful, but i only found science books -facepalm- im no good lol
 
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Haha I’m not sure how good they were at actually showing how to do it but your post reminded me of the how to draw books I’d go check out when I was bored at school, the best ones were this Walter Foster How to Draw Horses one and a how to draw big cats one
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(pictures are just from google cause I don’t have acces to my elementary school library to find the actual copy I drew from lol)
 
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Sassarazzmadazzles said:
I just tried to find something that would be useful, but i only found science books -facepalm- im no good lol
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Lol, I do have the reader's digest horse breeds somewhere. Maybe I should dig that out?

AzaleaArt said:
Haha I’m not sure how good they were at actually showing how to do it but your post reminded me of the how to draw books I’d go check out when I was bored at school, the best ones were this Walter Foster How to Draw Horses one and a how to draw big cats one
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(pictures are just from google cause I don’t have acces to my elementary school library to find the actual copy I drew from lol)
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That looks really promising! Thanks for the suggestion!
 
For literature on drawing animals, I would highly suggest The Art of Animal Drawing by Ken Hultgren!
It's got a lot of great stuff inside about skeleton construction of animals- lots of pages on horses in particular! The action analyses can help you to understand how horses move- which I find makes it easier to draw poses from the imagination. I also have a few horse breed encyclopedias- the pictures inside are generally good to study from!!!
 
quetzalcoatlzz said:
For literature on drawing animals, I would highly suggest The Art of Animal Drawing by Ken Hultgren!
It's got a lot of great stuff inside about skeleton construction of animals- lots of pages on horses in particular! The action analyses can help you to understand how horses move- which I find makes it easier to draw poses from the imagination. I also have a few horse breed encyclopedias- the pictures inside are generally good to study from!!!
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Looks promising! I haven't had the energy to draw lately but I'll add it to my list :D
 
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