Ever Wanted to Draw a Horse?

Fun Horse Basics I’m of the opinion that what it takes to draw a horse is hours of practice. A whole horse drawing is the sum of it’s parts, and horses have a lot of parts. In many ways, depth of detail makes or breaks equine art.

Laying The Groundwork

And while it is fair to say that art is subjective, that is no excuse for lack of practice or attention to detail…you get what you pay for.

Laying a good foundation by understanding basic horse anatomy is a good place to start, and there are plenty of resources online when learning to draw the equine form. Here are some of the best I found:

The Toad Hollow Studio

As if sketching the body isn’t enough, how about learning how to draw a horses head. The Toad Hollow Studio gives an in-depth lesson on drawing and shading.

This website is breaks the process down in to several parts, and each one is full of helpful information, not just about the drawing but preparation, and tools as well.

Basics
Supplies
Printable tools
The lesson in 3 parts

Fantasy Art Resource Project

A strange place for such an amazing horse drawing resource but Fantasy Art Resource Project had the best tutorial I found anywhere. It is well thought out and definitely worth checking out as you sharpen your pencil.

The lessons are designed to teach the artist a bit about the animal prior to the actual drawing lesson.

Lesson 1 – Anatomy
Lesson 2 – Breeds
Lesson 3 – Movement
Lesson 4 – Drawing the Horse

Need Inspiration?

Inspiration Overload

Now that you have some tools and a little inspiration, pick a breed and start drawing.

28 Comments on “Ever Wanted to Draw a Horse?”

kirstie February 27, 2009 at 6:25 am

tis did not give me what i wanted bcoz i neeeded lessons stepbystep

alyssa January 27, 2010 at 12:05 am

same here
1. Ik horses January 24, 2012 at 4:41 pm
  
  Mrs. Gorman. Amazing art teacher. Google it. (the few equine painting I did with her are AMAZING!)

Paige February 27, 2009 at 7:04 am

Hi Kirstie,

If you click on the blue link under each picture it will take you to more detailed tutorials with step by step instructions.

Haylie March 12, 2009 at 9:43 am

hi there please could you put some pictures of horses layed down that help you to draw a horse layed down

thank you

haylie

Paige March 12, 2009 at 9:51 am

Hi Haylie,

I will hunt some down for you, be sure to check back.

hannah April 1, 2009 at 2:01 am

i dont think its that good

Hannah December 6, 2011 at 2:23 pm

drawing a horse is very easy!!!!! i am 11 and i can draw a horse better than anyone!!! it will come to u!!

Julia June 9, 2009 at 3:20 pm

Howrse is a great website try it it is fun!!!

jenna July 10, 2009 at 12:05 am

thank’s this helped alot! 😀

Ally August 13, 2009 at 4:18 pm

beautiful drawings on evry image on this website!!

camy October 5, 2009 at 7:36 pm

this is not what im looking for i just need a big picture of a horse that i could copy.

sasha May 28, 2010 at 2:37 pm

cool

Haley June 29, 2010 at 4:53 am

your word did not help me at all

Y-eastoni January 17, 2011 at 9:21 am

cool i love to draw and horses are fab so i think this is great also if you want to draw horses try to use the base shapes and then work on that doing layer by layer!!!!

Melanie January 17, 2011 at 4:16 pm

i think they’re good, but i personally could do much better even tho i’m 12….and i’m not kidding. i could do much better.

Melanie January 17, 2011 at 4:17 pm

but horses are AWESOME!!!!!!!!

alexis ronne February 1, 2011 at 2:04 pm

borning more stuff

Chloe February 2, 2011 at 9:17 am

Hey guys I am an equine artist I would be happy to create tutorials for any of yall who would like them my youtube acount is PocosLadyCutter05

Chloe February 2, 2011 at 9:18 am

and I agree with Melanie

Anna February 5, 2011 at 6:15 pm

*sighs* I can’t get this no matter how much i try…

Emz March 4, 2011 at 7:03 am

this web site helped alot,because it explaines about the basics u need to know when drawing a horse. im 13 and mad about horses I want one soooo bad! =D.

also If u think u can do better than this website Y dont u make ur own site???

virginia white March 6, 2013 at 10:02 pm

dear friends and young ladies horses are gorgeous animals i know because we have about 20 that we have aquired over the last few years they are mostly mares we have three geldings and one stallion he turned 38 last month and we do not raise horses and i do know that we don’t need them all but i refuse to sell any of them to be eaten by humans or be slaughtered for any thing and i love to draw horses i am not perfect at it i try because i can see my flub up on any of them my self but i haved had to teach my self could’t afford lessons just used art books we bought and things off of the web art doings so i will not say i can draw any better than anyone else but i will say that i can see thier mistakes and if you just keep working at it and love horses the drawings will get better more and more as you go.keep up the good work all of you girls…

Niki June 30, 2011 at 11:15 pm

sigh…. i cant do this… no matter how much i try, i draw it and think it looks good… then when someone else sees it, i dont think they like it… sigh… these pics look MUCH better than mine… ive given up showing people my pics now

tanushree October 11, 2011 at 1:12 am

I am having a drawing competition of making a animal. So I will make this horse and I know it will look very……..nice. and I will win the first prize.

tanushree October 11, 2011 at 1:15 am

I am having a drawing competition of making a animal. So I will make this horse and I know it will look very……..nice. and I will win the first prize. Oh! no I forgot to tell my class I AM FROM CLASS
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Lauren December 27, 2011 at 7:18 am

could you add a pic of a horse’s side profile plz???

Fi December 28, 2011 at 5:44 pm

There’s no such thing as a good result without putting lots of time and effort into your craft. This page is an ideal “index” to enable you to get where you want/need to be. No excuse for bad manners-learn from our masters-the HORSE!!

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