A horse with a long, flowing mane standing beside a wooden fence, with mountains in the background. Medium — best for kids.
Long manes are the star here, so give them time: pick a coat that contrasts with the mane, like a dapple gray body under a near-black mane, and shade the mane strand by strand rather than in one flat block. The wooden fence looks best in warm browns with a few darker knots and grain lines.
Mountains read as “far away” when you color them pale blue-gray or lavender instead of bright colors — artists call this aerial perspective. Keep the horse and fence rich and saturated, let the peaks stay misty, and add a soft green strip of pasture between them to separate near from far.
