How to Draw Ponies E-Book

Norman Thelwell

• Herausgeber: Kenilworth Press
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 34

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025

Beschreibung

The artist Norman Thelwell (1923–2004) was famous for his much-loved cartoons depicting stubborn, plump ponies and their determined young riders. In this book, originally published in 1982, he gives expert advice on how to draw ponies and horses of all temperaments, shapes and sizes. He focuses on topics including the anatomy of horses, and how they move and stand. Writing in an entertaining style and featuring many of his wonderful illustrations, Thelwell offers clear guidance, top tips and encouragement to aspiring artists. He shares his skill, knowledge and experience in a down-to-earth way and provides a fascinating insight into his work.

Leseprobe

In 1952, Norman Thelwell (1923–2004) penned his first cartoon for the satirical British magazine Punch, renowned internationally for its wit, irreverence, and for publishing the world’s best comic writers and poets. This led to a relationship that lasted for 25 years and over 1,000 cartoons, including 60 front covers. Thelwell was a master of sharp social comment and humour, and his 34 books have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been translated into numerous languages (www.thelwell.org.uk).

Also by Norman Thelwell and published by QuillerThe Effluent SocietySome Damn Fool’s Signed the Rubens Again

How to put on the bridle. From A Leg at Each Corner. Fountain pen and ink.

 

First published in 1982 by Methuen London Ltd

This edition published in the UK in 2025 by

Kenilworth Press

An imprint of Quiller Publishing

The Hill, Stroud

Gloucestershire, GL5 4EP

www.quillerpublishing.com

Copyright © The Thelwell Estate, 2025

The right of The Thelwell Estate to be identified as the Author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

ISBN 978-1-910016-60-2 (HARDBACK)

ISBN 978-1-910016-61-9 (eBOOK)

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without the permission in writing from the Publishers.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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Typesetting by SJmagic DESIGN SERVICES, India.

Printed in the UK.

Contents

Introduction

What is a pony?

Feeling like a pony

Materials

A closer look

Getting down to work

Into action

Giving him his head

Pony tail

Legs to stand on

Where did he come from?

Riding country

Horsey people

On form

The finishing line

Summing up

‘That’s one Christmas present she won’t break in a hurry.’

Introduction

In the course of my work as an illustrator and cartoonist, I have drawn almost every subject under the sun at one time or another, or so it seems to me: human beings, animals, machinery, landscape and architecture, roller coasters and rockets, parrots, planets and pigs. I have been asked many questions too, such as ‘Where do you get your ideas?’ and ‘Do you get paid for your drawings?’ But the most frequent question is ‘How do you draw those ponies?’

Why ponies should be singled out in this way I am not sure, and the simple, truthful answer ‘The same way that I draw anything else’ does not seem to satisfy anyone.

It is not easy to answer this question more fully on a street corner, or on the telephone, or even in a letter. I’m not all that sure that I shall find it easy in a book either, but I am going to try.

There are no short cuts to drawing well, just as there are no short cuts to doing anything worthwhile, but it is interesting to know how other people go about their work, and sometimes it is helpful. I hope that these pages may be helpful to you.

What is a pony?

Well, it may surprise you to know that in many ways he is very like a human being. Look at the diagram on the opposite page. You will see that he has a skull, a rib cage and a pelvic bone, and so have we. These are all joined together by his spine in much the same way as ours.

He has an extended spine which forms his tail, of course, but we also have a tiny tail which does not show on the outside.