For some reason I like this simplified palette. #candi #furryart

I found this random sketch page, from who knows when. #leopards #art

A chestnut mare from when I began drawing again last year. This drawing is significant in that I broke my very long art block. #horses #art

Horsegirl Wednesday: I have some medical stuff this week so I can't do a lot, but I did muck and sweep and haul at the therapy farm until I got too nauseated from the antibiotics. Compton guy called out so they needed me this morning and I was able to clean 8 stalls. Lucky 8 #horses #superstition

This joke does not make a lot of sense as the crow flies, but Candi can only remember directions from the ground, so... #comic #furryart

I used to be hungry all the time, so when I dreamt it was about this. #warcraft #fanart

Horsegirl Sunday: You know who blows off the time change? Animals. All of them kicking and neighing and banging into metal poles to get fed when I drove up. Melissa observed the time change so I napped in my car to the sounds of hungry hungry hippos in their stalls until she arrived. #horses

Horsegirl Saturday: I got called into help on the therapy farm (not my normal day) so no riding to report, just mucking and hauling. There are so many reason I love this place, and on a foggy cool morning it was bliss. I chatted with renewed energy since the heat wave is gone, and no sweat. #horses

As a reminder, I have a Patreon where I post recent art. www.patreon.com/Dustmeat. #horses

Horsegirl Thursday: Early morning on the farm, I drive up and see that Maggie the Fjord has been painted like a zebra! Taffy the Haflinger is now a giraffe, and Blackjack is about to become a skunk. I want to see Big Oliver painted like a skeleton but I have to work today. Alas, I have FOMO. #horses

Horsegirl Thoughts: Driving to the lesson, I feel uncertain & a touch scared of what might go wrong. What if I get hurt or overheated or embarrass myself? What if the bathroom is locked? What if I'm so exhausted I can't function after the ride? All this reverses after it's over & my brain lights up.

Back when I taught kids to paint like cavemen. There was so much about teaching that I loved, and seeing how the students colored cave bison with pastels on beige paper...I have the photo somewhere. #artteacher #paleo

Horsegirl Tuesday: Boiling hot sun, thank God for the covered arena. Horse was so sweaty she looked like chocolate frosting. We cantered as normal but did No Stirrup November on the walk and leg yields. Mare was not raring to go in this heat and I am wondering how anyone rides in Arizona. #horses

HG Sunday: While on the therapy farm mucking & sweeping stalls, Patrick the mini got loose. It was the only time I have seen that little guy hustle. Melissa caught him easily & it was so cute, his fluffy teddy bear self trotting in earnest to the grass. But...how did he open the stall gate? #horses

Horsegirl Saturday: Bouncy Stella on a foggy morning. When I cued her to lope, she took off like a rocket because in English lessons we use both heels, instead of just the outside. Also I use leg pressure instead of reining so much, which caused the horse to change lead legs. Fascinating! #horses

Horsegirl Tuesday: Flying high on that canter! Simple changes but no flying lead changes, yet. It was exhilarating and I was not stressed by traffic in the arena. Remember when this was chaos and I almost ran into someone? Remember how I used to get saddle sores? All in the past. I ride #horses

Did I already upload this? More Halloween comics featuring Candi. #furryart #it

Horsegirl Sunday: Did charity work on the therapy farm, and Amanda was there instead of Melissa so I got loads of horse info the Internet never coughed up. Like why pasture horses hate to be stalled and how bored horses get from arena work. How to buy a cheap saddle that fits. Good stuff. #horses

Horsegirl Saturday: After my crazy week at work, I needed some joy and riding was the answer. I was given Stella, a fiery red roan with gas in the tank. Woosh did that horse take off! It was so much fun... a nice change from Buck. She was a lot bouncier than him- Buck is like riding a couch. #horses

One of many halloween themed comics I drew over the years. #furryart

A cute dress up game, wherein commenters picked Ninevah's outfit. #furryart

Here is a demo of drawing vs. tracing dog portraits. One of these has more character, tho it's the same dog. #dog

Rainy Day Horsegirl: Glad I did my charity work on the farm yesterday, because today is soup. Fancy Pants trainer cancelled, despite having a huge covered arena to ride- the parking lot is a flood zone. My little Mazdarati would wash away. This is the only time in my life that I wanted a truck.

For a short time, I did dog portraits for people who liked my art. It was a positive experience but the "pet portrait" field was overrun with artists tracing photographs. I just gave up. #dog

From my deer drawing phase. It will always bug me that one ear is higher than the other. #deer #ocd

When I was obsessed with drawing dogs. 2015? Maybe. #dogs

Horsegirl Monday & Tuesday: More of the same, but my lesson featured a fill-in trainer. She put me thru my paces and said I ride well, and I did not lean as much during trot circles. The mare was raring to go, so I had to Woah her down- not her usual m.o. One day I will full gallop. #horses.

Horsegirl Saturday & Sunday: This weekend was the big Gala at Volunteer Job and I worked a LOT. I had to nap both afternoons, after getting up so early and then the big fundraiser was a dinner event...and this morning was cleanup. The regular employees were all wearing dark sunglasses today. #horses

I worked very hard on this scene for a long-dead comic. #furryart #hester

Horsegirl Thoughts: The fantasy is to live on a ranch someday, at the base of the Rockies. If this never manifests, I at least have yearly Colorado trips to tide me over. Basically recreate the happiest years of my childhood. Western North America has some of the most epic scenery on earth. #dreamon

Horsegirl Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday: I worked like a mule at Volunteer Job two days straight and then rode the thoroughbred at Fancy Pants Stable today. Trotting circles w/o stirrups, cantering w/ lead changes right & left, got praised with "beautiful!" by the trainer...I am smiling. #horses

National Bunny Day? Is it ok if Candi is a hare and not a rabbit? Colored by Jonas Silver. #bunny #furryart

Horsegirl Saturday: Buck was in a weird mood and we did the lesson left-handed, but the weather was fantastic and I learned you have to free up your dominant hand for a cavalry saber or a rope- which now seems obvious. Still, I prefer two handed reining for the symmetry. #backonthehorse

More of Candi doing her job. #furryart

An old commission from my Full Time Artist days. #dragon #furryart

Horsegirl Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday: I am worn out. Getting up early to work on the farm, hefting & pushing & sweating in hot weather, then off to Real Life and Real Job...it's a lot. But you know, I'm not cranky because it's my choice...and I have muscles finally. It's not glamorous, cont.

So there's a furry convention nearby? I have not been to one of those in 10 years, I might swing by for dinner plans but I cannot promise anything. #furry #flake

Candi Bunny is a waitress at a midrange family restaurant, but sometimes she works two jobs. #furryart

HG Tuesday: Learning more advanced cantering techniques, like tight turns, quick lead changes & not looking down to see which is the lead leg. It's like a rocking horse, but one shoulder goes down last and you have to feel that...which I can. It's also tricky to not lean during tight turns. #horses

HG Saturday, Sunday, and Monday: Everything is horses. When I am not riding, I am doing farm work at Volunteer Job. There are calluses on my hands and I like it that way. My heat tolerance is improved, I just sweat a lot and don't die. And I have confidence, all earned. This is a better Me. #horses

One of my better horse furries. #furryart

Skunk girl that for some reason needed a color test? Who can remember. #furryart

Welp, off to my riding lesson. #horses

Commission for Rooth Dragon many years ago. #furryart

90's nostalgia, one of my first official "furry" portraits. My coworker Lisa who always, and I mean always, wore leopard print. #furryart

Horsegirl Tuesday: Now that cantering is easy for me, we're trying trickier moves like yielding left or right off the rail while loping, or cantering w/o stirrups. I want level up, maybe ride like that ten year old I saw barrel racing. Since I stopped tensing up, bring it on. Let's go. #horses

I only do eyes. #furryart

This is so 2009 I can't even. Candi Bunny in the height of fashion. #furryart

HG Sunday and Monday: I may have finally acclimated to the summer just before it ends. I clean so many stalls I am soaked through with sweat, and that's just 2 hours in the morning. How do ranch people survive? Also the treelings I watered so diligently are dying so cross that off the list. #horses

HG Saturday: One of my former clients and his son came to Volunteer Job this morning to help paint the rails and I was delighted to see them again. Then I rode at El Cheapo stables for the first time since April and got Mack the wonderful. But he was hot and tired after so many lessons, poor #horse