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Diana drew horses with a passion when she was a child. Last year, in 2010, after many years of riding and keeping horses, she began again. She found it was still a spontaneous and delightful form of expression for her. She loves to capture the essence of the feeling and movement of the horse.

"Many horse portraits and sketches are blocky and forget the movement and beauty of the animal. Diana Hand's sketches are filled with movement and make the animal come alive"

Customer at Royal Highland Show, 2010

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Prints and cards

		Playing with sculpture I made small maquettes to help me understand the movement and structure of the horse.
		Full size horse from wire, wood and plaster made for Forth Valley Open Studios, June, 2011 (Click images to enlarge)
		Anatomy and structure This spring (2011) I have been concentrating on the anatomy and structure of the horse. Some of the drawings are more detailed studies, some remain impressionistic.
Early morning charcoal, paint and wash	Galloping horse charcoal and wash



Riders in the sea pencil and wash	The cob charcoal, ink, wash and paint	Racehorse charcoal, pencil and wash


		Charcoal sketches inspired by the approach of Edouard Degas (see above) These sketches are not finished, they are just work in progress, perhaps they will become a painting ....
		Painting by Degas

		The archival horse Simple cut-outs inspired by printing on fabric I like the spontaneity and simplicity.
Horse cut- out stencil, dye on board	Horse cut- out stencil, dye on board

Horse cut out stencil, dye on board	Velvet scarves with simple horse motif

		Where I started In spring 2010 I began to draw horses just from imagination and my knowledge of their presence
Colorado Kid Print, wash and charcoal	Ink and brush

"Self carriage" charcoal drawing	Brush drawing	"The Friends" ink charcoal and wash

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