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Last week I had the privledge of taking a week-long workshop with famous artist Ned Jacob. The workshop, organized by Scottsdale Artist School, was painting and drawing the horse from life and was held at Saguaro Lake Ranch east of Mesa, AZ. Each morning we spent sketching the horses in their pen. We spent hours doing this. Ned really hammered into us the importance of drawing. Sketching for "speed and accuracy" was a phrase I heard a lot last week. He kept telling us everything we need to know if right in front of us. He demonstrated drawing and painting each day under different conditions. The first part of the week was warm and sunny and then turned to cold and rain by the last day.  My sketchbook has many, many sketches - the horses move around a lot which was sometimes frustrating but since there were so many, I'd just start another sketch of a different horse of a different position.

The group of 20 women from all around the country were dedicated and serious about learning. Really the best workshop I have been to! Below are a few of my paintings, most between 1-2 hours of painting.

Cracker, the mule, was the champion model!