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HINTS ON HORSES 



The effect of motion depends to a certain 

 extent on the manner in which surrounding 

 objects are indicated. In watching a horse in 

 motion the eyes are usually focused on him, 

 consequently the spectator's head moves with 

 the horse, and the surrounding objects appear 

 to rush past him. The quicker the motion 

 of the horse, the more indistinct they become. 

 This effect may be produced by rendering 

 the background somewhat indistinctly, and 

 by the use of sweeping or horizontal lines 



(Fig. 37)- 



In drawing a galloping horse, if the lines 

 representing the grass are drawn more hori- 



zontally than verticall}', in a direction pointing 

 in the opposite way from which the horse is 

 going, and in sweeping strokes, they will help 

 the horse to go. If, however, a few perpen- 

 dicular blades of grass are introduced in front 

 of the horse, the animal will appear to be 

 trying to stop short or " prop." 



The lines shading the horse should follow 

 the direction of the movements desired. To 

 suggest some quiet movement of one leg only, 

 such leg would appear slightly indistinct ; e.g. 

 a horse, impatient for food, pawing ; a horse 

 lifting a hind leg whilst being groomed. 



