Stable series and some doodles

sorry bout the rough photos, can't find a scanner big 'nuff.

Pirate, wondering why I was taking photos of the stable. But there were colourful harnesses/curry combs. I had to.
some of the stable and the black cat I cuddle when I'm there. Gotta get my fuzzy fix somehow!
and you already saw this one, Whiskey getting the mud cleaned outta her tail.

All of those are acrylic on cp illustration board. about 10 x 12.

Hurrgh.
uh, doodle i did fo rno reason.
and another doodle i did for no reason.

Aaaand i'mma keep going.

Whiskey the horse. and a lot of other stuff.

Quick acrylic doodle for funsies.
For Bob Dorsey's visual essay class. This is one of the guys at the stable cleaning up Whiskey before I rode her. She's a newer horse, and not allowed to be ridden by students. She was really jumpy that day and nearly killed me, bucking/rearing/generally freaking out.

Acrylic. on cold press Ill board.
pencil
making a mess
For Chad Grohman's book illustration class. Acrylic on illustration board.
For Reporter's issue this friday. This lady is suing RIT. She wouldn't agree to a photo. So i had to take super smiley reference of her and make a grumpy illustration.
in class doodles. i didn't have a pencil. i did have a sharpie.
i have been dreaming in concept art. So... helmets.

EDIT: the helmet now has a girl.... quick acrylic moleskine fun time :D

THis is what happens when I listen to Tron music for hours on end.

visual essay progress.

So for this class, Visual Essay, we have to do three final pieces that visually describe an event/place. I chose Liberty Stables, a place I ride out in the finger lakes in upstate New York. I had all these lovely ideas, but when I went in early one sunday morning for reference, I liked my ref way better than my original thoughts.

Today I did some quick messy watercolour colour studies.

We had a warm spell where all the snow melted... so all the horses are just coated in mud. We had to get as much of it off as we could.
Pirate, my first fav horse there. With some colourful curry brushes in the back.
Whiskey's tail being groomed by one of the guys. I rode Whiskey later and that dang girl almost killed me. I somehow held on from being bucked/reared/sidestepped all over the whole ride. The other riders said I should be a rodeo girl. I love riding but not like that.

She's a new horse and doesn't get along well with others- they don't let students ride her.
really fast last minute one of pirate staring at me confusedly with the colourful brushes/leadropes in the foreground. If i do a final of this one it'll obviously be better haha

Trying to decide which three. If you have advice/opinions let's hear it!