I really enjoy the colours of this, those muted earth tones work very well for the subject, together with the background this does indeed have an oil-painting feel.

The horse itself feels distinctly feminine to me, I don't know if it is the braids or the long lashes (which I'm sure also make horses have), but that's my impression. She also looks a bit sad actually. The best bit is the part just above the nose where the veins show; the colouration and structure of this section is very good.

For some reason I'm more sceptical about the hair. Whereas it's clear thatthe strands and brainds are done with great precision and technique, the hairs in general, while beautiful in their own right, feels less realistic and "dead" than the rest of the horse's head. I can't really put my finger on why this is; possibly they look too clean and flat. The horse itself show a lot of personality, emotion even, the hair just seems to ... perfect somehow.
Not much to go on, it's just a personal opinion or maybe a feeling, I have nothing to complain about when it comes to the technique or form!

This is a beautiful piece of work, TheShock! Wonderful to see high-caliber work like this done with GIMP too.
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Your image has been featured in my journal this week. [link] Hope you don't mind.

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Hi all and thank for the comments.
Griatch: a very good critique. and some good advices. i have tried to create exactly this . an Oilish aspect.
I see her femenine too. and yes is sad. i response more in deep in CGtalk forum. i have work hard in the hair and i was tired of brainds. maybe on the next horse a could do better, but i want to finish this piece becouse takes me a lot of time to do it.
And Yes Gimp is able to give us the right tools to paint as well like other programs do.

Marsille: Thanks for include my image in your journal. If you notice this is a CC and you can share with other people if you want. ok?
Nice to see that horses like in general

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I have paired your beautiful horse image with a poem by Jack Gilbert in my journal - [link] If you would prefer that I don't include it, please let me know.

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it is OK for me, no problem if you want to use my image with that poem. i like poems but in spanish is better for me, i understand them better and feeling them in a diferent way

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hi, do you do work for commission? i'm trying to find someone to make a digital piece out of a quick sketch my mother-in-law did. it's a logo she wants for her business cards.