War Horse image 3

Chapter 14: "I bent

down to nuzzle him, pushing at his neck in a frantic effort to make him move, to make him wake up"

This is the final image for War Horse. I'm pretty happy with how it's turned out, especially as I think the composition is more ambitious than what I usually attempt to create. Looking at the small version online though, I think it might benefit from more open space, so may remove the bottom right bush.

With this complete, now I just need to make the binding.

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I was originally going to go with a more centralised composition with a dead tree to really home in on the fact that Topthorn is dead, but I re-read the passage and realised that I had completely overlooked various key things about the scene, such as the fact that they are on a hill with a river and grass while the German soldiers are relaxing out of uniform.