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First Show.

Published: Feb 5, 2014

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_{blu's first show!
Horse Name: Blurred Jupiter (she is a Bay Overo)
Reference: Foal Picture (adult reference coming soon)
Handler Name: Aria Bennett
Class: Halter
Show: WBS Quality In Color

Archie woke up first that morning, or rather it was that he never went to sleep because of how excited he was for today. He knocked on his sisters door and heard nothing, "Aria, come on wake up!" After there was yet more silence he slowly made his way down stairs into the kitchen to make some coffee and breakfast and to his surprise his sister was up and ready and had food already on the table. Arch went to open his mouth but Aria spoke first, "I couldn't sleep because I was so excited!" Her smile wide and infectious, one made its way onto Archie's face as he sat down to eat some scrambled eggs, bacon and hotcakes.

Aria and Archie wanted to show Viv as well as his baby girl, but with such a hectic schedule going on at the stables and with two new horse arrivals it was too much for the siblings to handle at the moment. Aria wanted to make sure that they started Blu out early in the show ring because she was just so proud of her baby and wanted to show her off to everyone. As a team, the siblings opened up Lin's stall and put a halter on both equines and lead them out into the center of the stables to groom them. When they arrived at the show grounds they would groom the pair again and make sure that Blu was all set and ready to go but she wanted the filly to be comfortable on the longest trip she has taken in her life. Excited to see Aria, Blu nuzzled her face into the young womans side and continued to get dirt and straw on her clothes as she rubbed the fillys neck and ears. Blu had a temperment just like her father which was calm and mature, yet she still had the curiousity that any other young life has and it made her the cutest little filly ever. After the grooming was done, they loaded mother and daughter into the trailer and set off to the show.

When Aria and Blu were called out for their turn she slowly led the filly into the dirt arena. They had been halter training her for the past two months, and she never had any issues, but when she saw the crowd it was like her interest was somewhere else. Aria kept walking and acting nonchalant, trying to keep Blu focused on the show, but at one point she lifted the wrong leg to walk and had stumbled into Aria almost falling onto the ground. The handler sighed and kept going, hoping that the rest of the show would go right...

When I saw this show, I knew I had to enter Blu in! I literally did this in about 2 hours and I know I have other projects to work on but I just wanted to get this done because the deadline is in less than a month c: And no reference for Aria! (that's why she has a lumpy butt! x) haha

Reference (just the head and neck): horsestockphotos.deviantart.co…
Tools: CS6 and Bamboo Tablet & Pen
Time: 2 hours (and some work on another piece as well)
Art, Aria & Blu (c) Me}

Image size

3508x2480px 6.07 MB

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HorseStockPhotos

Feb 6, 2014

Wow you are so talented! Such nice work on this one, love the expressions and the way you do your shading and coloring. Nice work! It's an honor that you've used my stock