The Waxahachie Paintout Prepaint is in full swing. 

To  break the ice, I started out with a day of painting

at Maty Rabien’s farm.  Such a nice choice of subject matter,  landscapes with wildflowers and cactus, chickens with elegant plumage, a lovely dusty white

and brown horse with his companion a red pony. 

I don’t get to paint animals often so they are a real challenge.  I found that I had never noticed that a horses front knees bend forward and his back leg knees bend backward!  Just never thought about it. I couldn’t figure what was wrong with my horse until Mary pointed out the broken front legs!  A little redo and a glass of wine afterwards made the day a total success.