#an arabian dressage horse

[horsesarecreatures]

𝗔 𝗞𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗢𝗙 𝗞𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗖𝗞 (Kanz Albidayer x Ariel by Aja Shakakhan)

#arabian #bay horse #hotblood horse #dressage #horse #equine

[deserthorseperformancehorse]

Aspen-Hills Sabih

2008 chestnut gelding (Aspen-Hills Nureyev x Aspen-Hills Katafa Bint Katalina)

Pedigree.

Charlie The Arabian Dressage Horse

#Aspen-Hills Sabih #arabian horse #dressage

[curiosity-killed]

one of my long-term questions for fantasy worldbuilding is why so many fantasy worlds seem to have inexplicably large friesian populations

#like i get that they're fancy black dressage horses #but there are so many fun horse breeds out there #and all everyone goes for are friesians... #this is partially fueled by my lifelong love of arabian horses > all others #but c'mon u've got marwari u've got fjord you've even got Straight Up Gold Akhal Teke #anyway. campaign for more horse variety in fantasy movies/shows #personal

[palespegasus]

Pepita and Pales

These are my horses^^ In next post you get more information about my horses

#horse #arabianhorse #animals #pony #horseposting #equine #fleabitten grey #dressage #horseback riding #horsblr #grey horses #horses #white #horse photography #equestrian #equestrainlife #arabians #polish arabians #arabian

[mysterysoulrider]

Dressage session with Paradox

#I love this chestnut coat so much #oc-Liv #horse-Paradox #sso arabian #sso riding arena #sso dressage #sso photography #sso photoset #sso screenshots #sso #ssoblr #starstable #starstable online #my photos

[jorvik-fashion]

A “orange” themed outfit, I tried okay😅

#sso #star stable #star stable online #character outfit #horse gear #dressage #color themed #fancy outfit #normal horse breed #submission #costume competition #arabian thoroughbred #light grey #white

[amaucina]

Aristokrat, a 5 year old arabian rabicano stallion. I'm in love :)

#ts4 #ts4 horses #equestrian #horses #dressage #arabian horse #rabicano #ts4 horse ranch #ts4 horse poses #ts4 horse cc

[aigle-suisse]

IMG_3087 par Jennifer Vance

#horses #beach #girls #equestrian #dressage #paints #ponies #arabians #flickr

[hamadfahad]

#arabian horse #dressage #equine

[sweater-equestrian]

[vent/ only rb if commenting]

having a full mental breakdown because of my shitty horrible family / barn. Romeo stays at my family members barn free of charge- this is because my dad has always helped them build their equestrian center, even before we had Romeo or planned to have Romeo. This free board has been our saving grace during tough financial times (including now) and is why I can “own” a horse in the first place. But they suck! they schedule farrier and vet visits without asking me or telling me in advance- I get a text the night before if I am lucky. My phone has been on the fritz and not receiving texts. I had no idea the farrier was today. I also have schizophrenia- this is key because between it and ptsd, my memory is HORRIBLE. I have always been forgetful, but at this point I have full memory loss. It also means I am prone to being nocturnal- due to certain symptoms, sleeping is hard for me unless I am like, eyes hurt levels of exhausted. I did not sleep today until 5 am, and as a result, slept through the farrier. Now I have my barn owners (and dad) calling me all morning- are they concerned about me, a known suicidal and severely mentally ill person? no! why would they be! I am instead met with hostility and shaming. This is a historical pattern- “why don’t you have a job????” “why are you working minimum wage and can’t hold down a job? you are too smart to burden your father like that” “excuse me??? we told you to water the flowers why we where out of town!!! if you can’t help us out, maybe Romeo should find somewhere else to live and someone else to live with” (that threat was a long sit down in which my aunt and uncle cornered me and cussed me out for not remembering to water flowers- I have memory loss. I had remembered to, by myself, take care of the four horses we had at the time and carry bales of hay out every day. My family was also doing poorly due to my dads alcoholism- something they encourage, fyi. They knew this fully and where more or less threatening to rehome Romeo on me, over two planters of $60 flowers being wilty. Mind you, they are top 1% of income. This family makes more in a year than my father makes in 10. They make more in a year than I make in 100. I was not doing it out of hostility. It was not about the flowers.). In response to me daring to talk back or defend myself, they go straight to threatening my horse- it has gone so far as for them to threaten to kill both Romeo, my dog, and my other animals, any time I say an opinion they don’t like- be it political, me trying to stand up for myself, me standing up for other family members, or even just like, me being quiet. I’ve had times where I see them doing yard work, and wave to be nice, only for them to come over and tear into me for not working or helping out more or for doing something ‘wrong’ (I recall one time when I was walking Romeo in hand around the arena, and he pulled me over to a weed. I corrected him by holding out treats to get his attention back on me, which worked. I got yelled at for not ‘teaching him a lesson’ and ‘giving him vices’ and ‘ruining [co-owners name] horse’. Because..... I didn’t instantly give him a bruise on his nose for being a horse and wanting to do horse things). I am equal parts mad at them (and dreaming of the day I can cut ties), but also feeling like the shittiest horse owner alive. I daydream of future horses all the time, but I don’t think I ever will- both financially and because I don’t know if I’m a good pet owner at all.

#idk sorry for the pitty party #i just keep fucking failing everything!!! I cant do anything right!!! #Not to mention I cant ride. both in the sense that I am talentless but also in the sense that I am literally too heavy to ride #im now over 27% of romeos weight- a weight that was last taken nearly 10 years ago when he was in performance shape mind you so #likely more than 27% #not too many horses can carry 300+ lbs once you account for me and tack #like that leaves me with beefed up stock horses in prime shape (out of budget and I don't know enough about horses to keep them #in that shape) #and then drafts #which i cant afford because they eat too much and our farrier doesnt trim them so like #id have to pay both for a farrier who does drafts (preferably barefoot) and the drive out fee #and considering I doubt i would find a farrier super close who agrees to trim a barefoot draft like #hachi machi that sounds like a 80-100 farrier visit which is just not money my family has #not to mention like the doubt that im even a good enough handler to handle a draft! #like I click with horses and have been able to handle some spicey horses but its all been like #ponies and arabian stallion yearlings and then like #just our hot headed quarter horse whos a push over once she trusts you #I have never once handled a horse taller than me nor ridden one #I dont know shit about biomechanics or how to do dressage #like frankly compared to yall on tumblr i feel like a stupid hick #but not even like a cool one who can do cowboy stuff like #it would be different if i could say dressage who? I know how to sort cows and lasso cows and do cool rancher stuff #but instead im like. hi i am too fat to ride my elderly horse so instead here is some stupid little clicker training with stupid tricks #that no one cares about or is interested in #idk i should stop deluding myself that im an equestrian and not just some idiot giving an old horse bad habits and failing to take #good enough care of him #if I cant remember vets and farriers and deworming reliably I shouldn't have the horse #i ruin fucking everything

[horsesarecreatures]

A Kanz of Kossack ridden by Tara Den Hartog

#arabian #russian arabian #bay horse #hotblood horse #dressage #horse #equine

[deserthorseperformancehorse]

WM Safi

2013 grey stallion (KP Maryoom x Sarafine)

Pedigree.

#WM Safi #arabian horse #dressage #Instagram

[skycowboys]

Hey!!! You made a "how to draw wings" sheet, but— how on Earth do you draw horse!?!? The bane of every artists existence

Yeahhh horses are hard. They have lots of little nuances on top of complex anatomy and weird ass shapes (literally and figuratively). Drawing them requires lots and lots of practice. And this is like...entire art book levels of subject matter but here are a few tricks that I've picked up over time -

Key body shapes - shoulder, barrel, hip

I won't go too far into this one because Ken Hultgren does a much better job in his book The Art of Animal Drawing. But TL;DR - a horse's body has three main masses - the shoulder, the barrel, and the hip. Each one is tricky to draw on it's own since they're all weird shapes, but it's helpful to me to break a horse body down into simpler terms.

Key muscle masses

When I draw horses, I like to emphasis curves vs straights. Horses have that built in naturally as their body is often either "pure muscle" or "pure bone". There's some really nice details at the intersections of body parts, like at the front elbow and behind the ears along the neck (aka the "poll") where there's highly definable muscle groups that can help with visual clarity.

Fun fact, young horses grow hip-first. The horse in the photo above is 8 years old. That same horse at 4 years is below. Cracks me up how much taller his hip was at the time.

Ok so the muscles on the front legs combined with the shoulder mass is a fave combo of mine. The shoulder mass itself is something that I've found that is particularly horse-ish. For me, it's a pretty big visual signifier - almost more important than the neck. You can show a lot of tension/action in the body with the shoulder depending how you simplify it. Horses use their shoulders A LOT (too much if you ask any dressage rider or reiner), so emphasizing the shoulder can make a horse more expressive.

Legs. Oh heavens, the legs.

Yeah ok so again, Hultgren goes into fantastic detail on legs and hooves (I still follow how he simplifies hooves to this day my gosh that guy is a genius), but I often break them down like this for quick sketching. Are horse's legs realistically this emphasized? No, but I like the visual language; believable but expressive. This can apply to any size/shape from arabians to drafts.

And finally...

A few head details -

Overall horses have SO many variables. The fun part about that is that they're highly customizable and able to be endlessly stylized. The tough part is that they're hard to draw strictly because of all of the little things to keep track of to make sure the horse reads as "horse".

And so because third time's the charm, Ken Hultgren's Art of Animal Drawing really is one of the best I've seen for breaking down, simplifying, and applying horse anatomy to active drawings.

But most of all, the more you draw horses the easier they'll be.

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#long post #ask #tutorial #art tips #featuring my boy Kin #how to draw horses #horses #horse art #sketch

[horses-in-art-history]

If the netherlands has friesians, America has mustangs, and Saudi Arabia has arabians, what breeds come from sweden?

There are a few to pick from so I'll just list them here and I've included some of my own photos of each breed so you can get a better idea of their characteristics. There are no "historical" pictures included, so this is a bit of a departure from what I normally do so I hope people don't mind.

Svensk Varmblod (SWB)

Sweden has the Swedish warmblood which has been very successful in showjumping, dressage, eventing, and even driving. As of 2018 it is the most common horse breed in Sweden followed by Icelandic horses and then warmblooded trotters (two non-native breeds). In 2018, of the top two highest ranking show jumping horse and rider duos, both horses were Swedish Warmbloods (Hanson WL and Albfuehren’s Bianca). The examples below are of two Swedish Warmbloods in more commonplace use as all round riding horses.

Nordsvensk Brukshäst and Kallblodstravare

The North Swedish Horse (Nordsvensk) is a native breed of heavy horse. It is still popular for riding, driving and farm work. Lighter lines within the breed are bred for harness racing and are registered in the stud-book of Svensk Kallblodstravare, that is to say Swedish Coldblood Trotter. This split happened in 1964, creating a heavier working-type and a lighter trotting horse. The Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish cold blood trotters are the only ones that exist in the world. One of the most famous Swedish Coldblood Trotters is probably Järvsöfaks. He holds the current world record for Coldbloods in wins, consecutive wins (42), and the coldblood trotter world record time, 1:17.9 per kilometer. The photos bellow are of the heavier type (Nordsvensk Brukshäst).

Svensk Ardenner

The Swedish Ardennes is it's own breed and the result of crossing the imported Ardennes horses to the Nordsvensk. The breed was developed in the late 19th century in response to demands within agriculture. They are a medium-sized draught horse breed that are still used in areas inaccessible to machinery to haul timber.

Gotlands Russ

The Gotlands Russ is an old breed of Swedish pony. Feral horses on Gotland have been documented since the 13th century, but in the mid 19th century settlers caused their numbers to decline and despite a breeding centre being founded in 1880 there was only 14 left in 1922. In the process of rehabilitating the breed two Welsh stallions were used. The stud-book has been closed to outside blood since 1971. They are good all round ponies that are often used for harness racing.

#horses #horse #Sweden #Swedish horse breeds #horse breeds #Swedish warmblood #north swedish horse #Swedish ardennes #gotlands Russ #horses in art history

[pluviatrix]

i like when u talk about horses cuz it’s like twilight broke into my home and started talking in tongues

colt filly mare stallion bronco foal gelding mustang destrier pony steed bay sorrel flaxen dun palomino buckskin perlino roan pinto appaloosa liver chestnut grullo cremello american warmblood missouri foxtrotter arabian thoroughbred morgan tennessee walker andalusian quarter horse clydesdale percheron shetland pony lipizzan friesian akhal-teke altai lusitano kalmyk irish cob paint trotter saddle bridle tack saddle blanket trot gallop canter walk dressage ba

#insert my old post if i had a nickel yadda yadda #hes my emotional support millennial horse girl #ask #mj art #linked universe

[amaucina]

Flavios first ride with his new arabian stallion Aristokrat :)

#horses #ts4 #ts4 horses #equestrian #dressage #arabian horse #rabicano