It was so great to be back at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair again this year. I attended on Thursday November 7, 2019 and was fortunate to return again on the last day November 10.
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| There are always LOTS of sketchers at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair |
The scenes that I was attracted to were the scenes where humans were interacting with their animals, grooming them, feeding them, getting them ready for the competitions ....
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| It takes a LOT of work to get the Belgians and Clydesdales ready for their show classes. It is so fun to watch |
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| I wanted to capture the love I saw expressed between the animals and their handlers |
The equestrian Amber Wavryk in the sketch below (with “Chocy”, a 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding who won the $20,000 RAWF Horseware Indoor Eventing Challenge) and Amber loved my sketch so much that she contacted me to request a print.
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| Horses on deck |
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| Screen shot from Amber Wavryk's Instagram story @wavrykam |
And Amber found me because she saw another sketch of mine that was posted on the
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Instagram Story feed. I am very grateful for that!
There is something I find so joyful about locating myself in close proximity to these animals and sitting quietly to sketch them.
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| Mutual curiosity and attention |
They have already announce the dates for next year and I plan to spend as many days as I can sketching at "the Royal" in 2020. Please join me if you can!
Link:
https://www.royalfair.org/
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