All horses are stunning and have a certain special quality about them. The white horse, however, is a figure that often crops up across mythology and stories, and there is something a little magical about these amazing beasts. Want to see for yourself? Then let’s get started!
Tutorial Video
Step-By-Step Images and Instructions
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Start with a black pen, and draw an almond shape, angled at around 45 degrees, in the top left of your page. Then, add a curved shape around this to create the ear.
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Bring down two curved, slightly wavy shapes to the left of this, and a small, thin triangle below this to create a forelock for your horse.
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Add a second ear to the left of the first…
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And then bring down a curved line from below the bottom of the forelock, heading towards the bottom right-hand corner of the page. At the bottom, “bump” this out and down to create a “U” shape.
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Now, add another, smaller “U” shape to the right of this, and bring the line across to the right, and then up towards the top right-hand corner of the page. Do you see the outline of the face starting to take shape?
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Add a wavy line across the bottom of the face, and then add a short mark to the top of the smaller “U” shape for the mouth. Now, draw a teardrop shape to the left of that, and add a short, curved line above this.
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Bring a wavy line down from behind the ear, and curve this down towards the bottom right-hand corner of the page, adding a wave as you get to the bottom.
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At the end of this line, bring the curve across to the right, and then take the line back up, making it a little more jagged as you head towards the ear.
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Bring a curved line across to the right for the top of the back.
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Next, bring a curved line down from the bottom of the jaw, and add a mark as you curve it in. Then, bring a wavy line down to the bottom of the page.
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Bring the line across, then add a “wedge” and take the like across at a diagonal. Then, bring the line up and out towards the top right-hand corner of the page. Add a curved line just inside this for the leg, and then add a hoof to the bottom.
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Now, bring two curved lines across to the right, and bend these down to create a front leg. Add another hof to the bottom of this.
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Bring a curve across to the right from behind the second leg…
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And then add another leg at the back, once again bending this slightly. Add a hoof to the bottom, and then bring the back line across and up to almost meet the one above it.
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Bring the outline of another leg down at the back…
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And add a line just inside the first back leg.
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Now, add two curved lines to the gap, bringing them down and out to start building the tail.
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Bring these down into points, and add a series of wavy lines inside to create the detail of the tail.
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Add a hoof to the back foot…
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Switch to a thin black pen and add an almond-shaped eye to the face. Draw a curved line above this, and then add a circle to the eye with another, smaller circle in the line.
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Add long lashes to the eye of the horse…
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And then shade in the central section with the black pen.
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Use a pink pen to add color to the nose and inner ears.
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Grab a blue pen, and add color to the eye…
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And then use a gray pencil for the mane, tail, and hooves.
And voila – your very own stunning white horse, just waiting for adventure – all he needs is a name!
