Icelandic Horse

It was wet yesterday and my back was sore again so I took the opportunity to paint a friend's Icelandic horse from a photo . The hill at the back is accurate but I missed out some ugly buildings in the foreground.
I don't often paint animals because my favourite subject matter is mountains, also it is more difficult to get a realistic looking picture unless the animal is just right. However I really enjoyed doing this one . I started wet in wet then added more detail as the paper dried. I did wonder about putting another horse in the background but decided not to.