A horse cantering across an open field with a dark, flowing mane and tail. Medium — best for kids.
Cantering is controlled speed, and the dark flowing mane and tail are the motion lines of this drawing. Contrast is the trick: a light-to-medium coat — palomino, light chestnut, or dapple gray — makes that dark mane stream dramatically behind the horse.
Shade the mane in long strokes that sweep backward, darkest underneath and lighter on the top edge. For the field, a few long horizontal strokes of green and gold under the hooves suggest ground rushing past; a soft, pale sky with one or two distant clouds keeps all the attention on the movement.
