10 Tips to Drawing Horses

How to draw horses? As a creature and animal artist, this is a common question I'm asked. In this video, I've broken down the top 10 tips when drawing horses. Enjoy! I hope it'll be helpful.
My name is Bobby Chiu. I'm an artist in the movie industry and I hope to be a positive influence for the industry. If you find my videos helpful, share them and hashtag it #schoolismtips. If I find it, I'll retweet/repost it! For more art education, check out www.schoolism.com. It's professional art education for the masses.

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  • @robertpowell9982
    @robertpowell99825 жыл бұрын

    I like how this is more than just, "Insert this specific curve for this part of the horse" but also covers tips that can help to draw other things as well.

  • @grogu7697
    @grogu76973 жыл бұрын

    Me: I fear no man.. Legs of horses when I’m drawing: *exists* Me: But that thing... Me: *It scares me.*

  • @BobbyChiu

    @BobbyChiu

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂😂! ~ Ashley

  • @neguinlk

    @neguinlk

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Aaron Corey no

  • @Beanie84
    @Beanie847 жыл бұрын

    Do you hear that low roar in the distance...? That's the sound of thousands of artists singing your praises for breaking down horse anatomy! I own multiple books on animal skeletal and muscular structure, but your explanation made all that technical information click. Thank you so much for this!! Would you be open or available to making a similar video on deer anatomy? Or do you have any good videos to suggest?

  • @Beanie84

    @Beanie84

    7 жыл бұрын

    Aaaannddd just saw your recommendation for Creature Anatomy. Good stuff! :D

  • @BobbyChiu

    @BobbyChiu

    7 жыл бұрын

    it's an amazing course. tough but you'll finish it completely transformed.

  • @sarojinigudiseva6899

    @sarojinigudiseva6899

    7 жыл бұрын

    What is glazing medium

  • @nacdoina6856

    @nacdoina6856

    7 жыл бұрын

    i think , the legs are to short ..... ssry

  • @pickledshoe
    @pickledshoe7 жыл бұрын

    the hoof always gets me

  • @AmbiCahira

    @AmbiCahira

    7 жыл бұрын

    There is a page for natural hoofcare that has excellent images and explanations on the anatomy of the hoof, it's for natural barefoot farrierwork for healthy natural hooves but it was extremely helpful for me on understanding the hoof structure! They do have a few images of hooves from wild mustangs and a few are cadaver hooves so be prepared that some images are a little graphic at first. But really, it is very informative and educational! thenaturalhoof.co.uk

  • @pickledshoe

    @pickledshoe

    7 жыл бұрын

    thanks :D

  • @TheHighPandaBear

    @TheHighPandaBear

    6 жыл бұрын

    ...hah ..hah... very funny heh.

  • @tonysoprano9864

    @tonysoprano9864

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes me too . I never get it right

  • @paxtonpark4175

    @paxtonpark4175

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes me too

  • @vintage.chestnut3669
    @vintage.chestnut36694 жыл бұрын

    Actually, those lumps on the back of the horses leg is called a hock, and the shoulders aren’t called “Shoulders” they are called withers the spine comes of a horses neck say the long neck and then you have just a straight line from the neck, horses are simple if you know the anatomy it is WAAAAAAY easier for you if you can work out Human or animal anatomy to learn how it works. It’s just a fact from yours truly the horse girl who is psycho, XD have a great day

  • @mo0onsh0t

    @mo0onsh0t

    4 жыл бұрын

    Are you a horse girl, or are u an equestrian? (Those two are very different from each other XD)

  • @vintage.chestnut3669

    @vintage.chestnut3669

    4 жыл бұрын

    Amaris Ng well. I don’t knOw peOple cAll mE A hOrsE gIrl

  • @mo0onsh0t

    @mo0onsh0t

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@vintage.chestnut3669 lmao

  • @amethyst3276

    @amethyst3276

    2 жыл бұрын

    lol same

  • @charredpyrographyphotograp7204
    @charredpyrographyphotograp72047 жыл бұрын

    I can see why he addressed the legs the way he did. To show how they work, for better understanding of how to make sense in drawing a horse....however...horses knees are only in the front legs. The hind legs have the stifle, and hock. Same as a dog too. I liked how he broke down a bit of anatomy....sometimes you need to know what's under everything for it to all come together. Nicely done.

  • @nabasharmanabas36
    @nabasharmanabas366 жыл бұрын

    You explained everything about art in the video... Moments

  • @annonymous-pr3ky
    @annonymous-pr3ky8 ай бұрын

    This is actually so helpful.. i always try to sketch with lines to dictate where my anatomy goes, but your whole sketch language section blew my mind. I also am way too overly critical of my initial sketches, so it helps to know my beginning "loose sketch" does NOT have to be perfect, just a base for a further sketch.

  • @lindenlynx
    @lindenlynx5 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful. Thanks so much! The skeletal structure portion was particularly helpful to me. You are very talented!

  • @BobbyChiu

    @BobbyChiu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @NicolasRix
    @NicolasRix6 жыл бұрын

    Awesome and simple breakdown Bobby. I love a faster and quicker approach to anatomy so this was so helpful to me.

  • @newyorkanimator
    @newyorkanimator7 жыл бұрын

    Awesome descriptions of ways to use line weight. Thanks!

  • @vapsman88
    @vapsman887 жыл бұрын

    Great mini-course on Horse Anatomy! Thanks, Bobby.

  • @I_love_mango
    @I_love_mango Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this great tutorial! As a novice artist and a horse lover, I have always been familiar with the anatomy of horses, I just never understood how to implement it in drawings!!

  • @BobbyChiu

    @BobbyChiu

    Жыл бұрын

    So glad this was helpful!! Thanks for watching!😊 ~S

  • @zabo98110
    @zabo981105 жыл бұрын

    You are an excellent teacher. Thank you!

  • @vitiusverum4058
    @vitiusverum40587 жыл бұрын

    people don't actually think the ankle part is the knee, do they??? please tell me they dont

  • @goldiemum3991

    @goldiemum3991

    7 жыл бұрын

    They do, really. I had to explain to my hubby where our dog's elbows and knees are. XD

  • @mmedeuxchevaux

    @mmedeuxchevaux

    5 жыл бұрын

    are you always this condescending?

  • @LionArtStudio

    @LionArtStudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    Actually the joints Bobby is referring to as ankles in a horses leg at rear is called hocks & in the front is their knees.....so actually yes people will think they are knees in the front if they are horse people because they are. It’s just when breaking it down to draw it’s easier to explain in this manner. The fetlocks are the ankles of horses attached to hoofs... they flex & control weight distribution in the same manner as our ankles.

  • @susantunbridge4612

    @susantunbridge4612

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LionArtStudio I know it in horseman's terms, but I was thinking that for an non-horsy artist, the horseman's lingo is confusing. Hocks, stifles, pasterns, croup, etc. Not a bad idea to look up a Pony Club diagram of horse anatomy, and compare it to this. Another thing is that drawing from photographs can be treacherous, because you often get the wrong part of a movement in a photo, so one has to leave off the photo and use your instinct, or it can look stilted.

  • @LionArtStudio

    @LionArtStudio

    4 жыл бұрын

    Susan Manderson yeah, I was answering the poster of this comment... Very condescending....

  • @sophia_lty
    @sophia_lty2 жыл бұрын

    this is the best video in horse drawing, hands down. Simple and effective, and can be applied to other subjects as well

  • @BobbyChiu

    @BobbyChiu

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great to hear you find this video helpful for drawing horses!! Thanks so much for watching😊 ~S

  • @yvonnekeogh9845
    @yvonnekeogh98454 жыл бұрын

    Awesome tutorial. Thank you so much Bobby

  • @kel3170
    @kel31706 жыл бұрын

    2:57 *honey that's a velociraptor not a horse*

  • @WadeAlma

    @WadeAlma

    5 жыл бұрын

    Honey that's the effect of foreshortening.

  • @rojonottahoe6890
    @rojonottahoe68907 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful!

  • @jandunn169
    @jandunn1692 жыл бұрын

    Great information, and thanks for explaining the horse's legs... and how they relate to human anatomy.

  • @BobbyChiu

    @BobbyChiu

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great to hear that tip was helpful for you, Jan! Thanks for watching😊 ~S

  • @PrzemyslawSliwinski

    @PrzemyslawSliwinski

    Жыл бұрын

    Great - no doubts! But it sounds like: let's call it a day because drawing human limbs is easy! ;)

  • @jasonkellogg3916
    @jasonkellogg39167 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! This video was very helpful.

  • @TooleyPeter
    @TooleyPeter7 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic tutorial.

  • @flygfisk_
    @flygfisk_7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video. Very useful!

  • @appsdata3932
    @appsdata39325 жыл бұрын

    Bravo.wonderful thanks

  • @barryprince9978
    @barryprince99787 жыл бұрын

    Very useful. Thank you.

  • @PeteWoronowski
    @PeteWoronowski6 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful and appreciated. Liked and subscribed. Cheers, Pete

  • @JephyrX
    @JephyrX7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Very useful info

  • @MMDAMV
    @MMDAMV4 жыл бұрын

    So comprehensive! Thank you!!

  • @BobbyChiu

    @BobbyChiu

    4 жыл бұрын

    We're so glad you think so! :D ~ Ashley

  • @cindyfrost3292
    @cindyfrost32927 жыл бұрын

    Your a great teacher! Thank you so much! CJ from Wyandotte, OK

  • @Cybernaut551
    @Cybernaut551 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your inspiration, yet another valuable tutorial. I learned a lot from your skills & thanks to you I am improving my own skills.

  • @BobbyChiu

    @BobbyChiu

    Жыл бұрын

    That's wonderful to hear!! Thanks for your kind comment😊 ~S

  • @MiliFayArt
    @MiliFayArt7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Horses have been driving me crazy for ages. Only today did I realize that the hoof is more of a triangle than I thought. I would love to see a great human anatomy class on Schoolism. I think I know anatomy, but then as I try to draw, I'm missing things and I do not know what I'm missing. (If that makes sense?)

  • @DasFischi
    @DasFischi6 жыл бұрын

    i just love this video so much, it helped me a lot and ahh finaly someone tells the important thing for drawing: someone need to understand how it works to draw it. i see so many tutorials where people just go by 'yeah draw it so and like that and its done hah' but learning the anatomy and things help so much more sonce you then not only can draw one style but every artstyle you can come up with ! ( whats amazing if you are a person that likes to use stylized characters in drawings) and i just can say again this helped me SO much before my horses had look like sausages with laggies but now there actually look like horses ahhh ♥

  • @BobbyChiu

    @BobbyChiu

    6 жыл бұрын

    Haha thanks for your comment +Das Fischi!! Great to hear that the video helped you! It's true, understanding what you're drawing gives you accuracy and freedom too! Best of luck with your horses! ~ Richelle

  • @cordeliathedm
    @cordeliathedm6 жыл бұрын

    Bobby you are awesome. Thank you.

  • @BobbyChiu

    @BobbyChiu

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you +Pixel Senpai! You're awesome! :D ~ R

  • @dakotastein9499
    @dakotastein94996 жыл бұрын

    thank you,this will come in handy when im making my Kirin/Qilin :)

  • @null5983
    @null59836 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much for this! :3 I can draw horses now!!!!!!

  • @campfirecult4375
    @campfirecult43752 жыл бұрын

    Great breakdown, thank you.

  • @BobbyChiu

    @BobbyChiu

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching! Hope you found this video helpful and you try these 10 tips for your own horse drawings😊 ~S

  • @VoidloniXaarii
    @VoidloniXaarii7 жыл бұрын

    what great insights at the beginning bout the anatomy beautifully simply explained. Thank you!

  • @jewelemelaldeu3609
    @jewelemelaldeu36096 ай бұрын

    This is awesome 💚🐎✨ Thank you✨🤗💚 Take care in GOD always everyone🙏☺️💚

  • @CB-uj7jc
    @CB-uj7jc6 жыл бұрын

    I mean this in the nicest way but the back “knee” is called a hock it might sound confusing but the “elbow” is actually the knee

  • @jebbus1497
    @jebbus14977 жыл бұрын

    what do u mean riot, like everynightroit or?

  • @homeboii_1214
    @homeboii_1214 Жыл бұрын

    Really good tute, but one problem the horses ears are backwards, not hearing backwards, fed up backward

  • @mylittlelpstube9481
    @mylittlelpstube94814 жыл бұрын

    This helped me a lot thank you!

  • @adeleabrams1207
    @adeleabrams12077 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. This tutorial was very helpful.

  • @N4A922
    @N4A9227 жыл бұрын

    can you please show us how to coloring and what the brushs which you used to coloring this horse? I apology about my bad english ...

  • @somdeepbose2592
    @somdeepbose25924 жыл бұрын

    Thanks sir 🧡

  • @rafaelgomes4800
    @rafaelgomes48007 жыл бұрын

    ayy bobby thanks for this tutorial

  • @Cloud-Yo
    @Cloud-Yo7 жыл бұрын

    Bobby, I went ahead and put a dislike on this video only because "you havent really made it until you have haters". But in all honesty I loved it! XD thanks for the tips and tricks.

  • @kitcat4066
    @kitcat40667 жыл бұрын

    what program is he using?

  • @raptor_guy2327

    @raptor_guy2327

    7 жыл бұрын

    Cat Girl um.... photoshop. Look in the top left corner....

  • @tammi1216
    @tammi12164 жыл бұрын

    What app are you using? :)

  • @BobbyChiu

    @BobbyChiu

    4 жыл бұрын

    Adobe Photoshop. :) ~ Ashley

  • @BlueeE675
    @BlueeE6752 жыл бұрын

    Wow thanks for the video

  • @BobbyChiu

    @BobbyChiu

    2 жыл бұрын

    No problem

  • @srinivasaraomagi7354
    @srinivasaraomagi73544 жыл бұрын

    good lession sir

  • @BobbyChiu

    @BobbyChiu

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your kind words! ~ Ashley

  • @enthomorf
    @enthomorf3 жыл бұрын

    O_O

  • @sriramramesh3360
    @sriramramesh3360 Жыл бұрын

    Watching it with mute. He is just tracing everything man

  • @ieatyou3752
    @ieatyou37522 жыл бұрын

    was not expecting that voice

  • @amoyu
    @amoyu4 жыл бұрын

    Woah, I looked this up to find how to draw a horse, not how to art, but no complaints

  • @Pencil0fDoom
    @Pencil0fDoom2 жыл бұрын

    Watching this once made me into Gericault. Did i spell that right...?