Category Archives: Art

Art Friday: Portrait of Rodney

  Artwork by Alyssa of Four Mares. No Money. When an unexpected vet bill zeroed out her horse show money, Well That is One Way to Start the Year, she offered to paint horse and pet portraits to build her fund back up. From an handful of links, she totally captured Rodney’s look. I suspectContinue reading “Art Friday: Portrait of Rodney”

Letter Art, AlphaBooks: F is for Francis

48 books by Dick Francis 10 Lb. Penalty Banker Blood Sport Bolt Bonecrack Break In Comeback Come to Grief Crossfire Dead Cert Dead Heat Decider Driving Force The Danger Enquiry Even Money The Edge Field of Thirteen Flying Finish Forfeit For Kicks High Stakes Hot Money In the Frame Jockey’s Life Knockdown Longshot Nerve OddsContinue reading “Letter Art, AlphaBooks: F is for Francis”

Letter Art, AlphaBooks: E is for Endicott

    Taking Up The Reins: A Year in Germany with a Dressage Master Priscilla Endicott Trafalgar 1999 [Driven Dressage] ~~~ This Year   [D is for Doty] [C is for Cooper] [B is for Brown] [A is for Anderson] This Letter Past Years [2016 Alphabet] [2015 Alphabet] Project explanation [AlphaBooks 2017]. Open to recommendationsContinue reading “Letter Art, AlphaBooks: E is for Endicott”

Letter Art: Pen & Pastels

I’ve signed up for an art supply subscription box. My first box subscription of any kind. To ensure that I try the materials at least once – pastels?! – I’ve promised myself that I will make a lettering post from each set of supplies. SketchBox Pan Pastels Sofft pastel tools Stabilo black pen Nayana MOOContinue reading “Letter Art: Pen & Pastels”

Letter Art, AlphaBooks: D is for Doty

The Monday Horses Jean Slaughter Doty Morrow 1978, Pocket 1979 The University of Southern Mississippi: Jean Slaughter Doty Papers Bought from Robin Bledsoe, antiquarian horse books and art books. D Authors on Rodney’s Saga Draplin, Pretty Much Everything [Logo] Doty, The Monday Horses [Book Source] Traded from Paperback Swap in 2013. Disappeared into my ToContinue reading “Letter Art, AlphaBooks: D is for Doty”

Letter Art, AlphaBooks: C is for Cooper

Pandora Jilly Cooper Bantam 2002 This one is about art rather than horses. As with the others, the people are glamorous & ghastly. Their stories are over the top & impossible to put down. Also check out Cooper’s non-fiction, e.g. Class and Turn Right at the Spotted Dog. Cover image from Goodreads. My copy wasContinue reading “Letter Art, AlphaBooks: C is for Cooper”