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Equine Faces and Graphite

Watching the Preakness and sketching a bit. Inspired by the moving horses.

Interesting Horse related facts:

In the state of Arizona, it is illegal for cowboys to walk through a hotel lobby wearing their spurs

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Horses younger than 4 years can concentrate for a maximum of 10-15 minutes

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A horse typically sleeps two and half to three hours a day

A zedonk is the offspring of a zebra and a donkey

Horses generally dislike the smell of pigs

I’m planning on getting back to my knitting soon! Seriously!! LOL

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  1. Walden5/22/2011

    Lovely close-up sketches!

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  2. Sherry5/22/2011

    Gosh Vickie, you are really talented. I would love to be able to draw like that! :)

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  3. A rootdigger5/24/2011

    Love your horse drawings.
    Just saw your post at coffee pot people. I have held her link and interest for years, just wanted to comment and saw no way to do so. How did you.
    I see her etsy, but didn't follow it. No about me, either for email. How did you get a comment, do you have to subscribe in order to comment.

    I suppose some don't care if there are comments or not, but usually encouraged??

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  4. Kathy5/24/2011

    Excellent! I really must pick up my pencils again.

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  5. The Beading Gem5/28/2011

    Cool facts and great drawings. It's hard to draw horses. And I love your knitting Meez avatar! I also used Meez for mine - http://www.beadinggem.com/2007/05/bling-your-avatar.html

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  6. Sadami5/28/2011

    Dear Vicki,
    Very lovely and sensitive drawings. Me, too, love horses. But I did not know the legal topic and such short hours they sleep!
    Cheers, Sadami

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  7. Teresa6/16/2011

    These are really good, Vicki. Serious.... you did a great job!

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