horse head in blue

At the Periana romaria in May this year I managed to shoot some more photographs of the horse activities.

I singled out this photograph as I was drawn to this stallion’s magnificent head.

I had been looking for an excuse to explore one of my favourite oil colours – Prussian blue. It’s an amazing colour; it looks black straight from the tube but just add a touch of white and you get a deep deep blue.

I wanted to mix these shades of blue with greys and reds and punctuate them with blacks and whites, this should add mood and mystery to a portrait of a stunning horse.