Sketching Horses From Life in Pencil and Oil is an instructional book covering drawing and painting approaches for working from live equine models. The content covers: drawing and painting materials, basic equine anatomy and structure, tips for dealing with moving models, drawing principles, step-by-step demos in pencil and oil, color observation and mixing, combining observation from life with photo reference to get the best of both worlds, bringing information gathered from life into the studio to supplement your photo reference and create better studio paintings, and methods for creating a finished drawing or painting entirely from life. Color. 84 pages.