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Showak Brooke's First Annual Dressage Show
Class: Intermediate Dressage
Movement: Canter Circle
Horse: Bronwen ECS
Rider: Talen Frost

Third Place

"Easy big boy..." Talen soothed as he swung into the saddle. Beneath him, Bronwen snorted and skittered sideways, the stallion still having nervous issues in new places. Of course, having Orod around wasn't really helping either, but the elf couldn't help that. At least the big grey was in his stall, having already been warmed up and put back to be ready for his classes later in the day.

"It's going to be alright. I've already gotten some of the helpers to pull down the blinds in the arena. It's just you and me in the dark." He said gently, patting the stallion's neck as he shifted beneath him, ears flicking back and forth under the commotion. It was Talen's newest idea to help his stallion relax in a show environment. Obviously he couldn't request that the arena be made dark all the time, but it would be a good way to help the Nitrina stallion feel more comfortable in an environment he preferred. For now however, in the light and bustle about them, the elf have to satisfy himself with murmuring over and over as Bronwen flitted around the warmup ring, shaking beneath him when another horse got too close.

With visible relief, the brunet directed his mount towards the indoor arena as their number was called. One more step towards a more confident horse and hopefully one more step towards his career.

Done with Colour pencil on charcoal paper, just to see what would happen. Fixed up in photoshop so it didn't look so grey, but now it looks grainer than the original so I'm debating which is best. I'll stick with this one though, it gives more of the contrast I was going for.
Reference: athenamyth.deviantart.com/art/…

Description
Showak Brooke's First Annual Dressage Show
Class: Intermediate Dressage
Movement: Canter Circle
Horse: Bronwen ECS
Rider: Talen Frost

Third Place

"Easy big boy..." Talen soothed as he swung into the saddle. Beneath him, Bronwen snorted and skittered sideways, the stallion still having nervous issues in new places. Of course, having Orod around wasn't really helping either, but the elf couldn't help that. At least the big grey was in his stall, having already been warmed up and put back to be ready for his classes later in the day.

"It's going to be alright. I've already gotten some of the helpers to pull down the blinds in the arena. It's just you and me in the dark." He said gently, patting the stallion's neck as he shifted beneath him, ears flicking back and forth under the commotion. It was Talen's newest idea to help his stallion relax in a show environment. Obviously he couldn't request that the arena be made dark all the time, but it would be a good way to help the Nitrina stallion feel more comfortable in an environment he preferred. For now however, in the light and bustle about them, the elf have to satisfy himself with murmuring over and over as Bronwen flitted around the warmup ring, shaking beneath him when another horse got too close.

With visible relief, the brunet directed his mount towards the indoor arena as their number was called. One more step towards a more confident horse and hopefully one more step towards his career.

Done with Colour pencil on charcoal paper, just to see what would happen. Fixed up in photoshop so it didn't look so grey, but now it looks grainer than the original so I'm debating which is best. I'll stick with this one though, it gives more of the contrast I was going for.
Reference: athenamyth.deviantart.com/art/…