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Step 15: Use the line under the body on the right side as a guide to draw the first hind leg. Lightly sketch the leg around the guide line. Make the top part of the leg wider than the top part of the front leg. The middle of the leg should be wider to indicate the hock joint. Make the bottom part wide too for the feathers.

When you get the basic structure of the horse's leg right, darken the lines. Follow the basic path of the guide but make the shape of the leg curvier as you darken the lines. Widen the foot at the bottom and use quick, short strokes on the edge to represent the feathers. Finish up the shape of the hock joint and add the visible part of the hoof at the bottom as a short line.

 

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Step 16: Use the last line under the body as a guide to draw the hind leg on the other side of the body. Sketch lightly at first and make the overall shape of the leg wide because draft horses are muscular. Darken the lines when you get the structure right. The bottom should be wide. Use quick, short strokes on the lower edge for the feathers. The middle of the leg should bulge out a bit for the hock joint. Add the horse's hoof at the bottom as a small line.

 

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Step 17: Add the horse's mane by drawing a series of quick, short strokes along the bottom of the neck. These short vertical lines along the bottom of the neck represent the tips of the mane. Don't draw every individual hair strand, just the overall shape. Now use the initial line as a guide to draw the top part of the mane. Simply follow the guide and darken the line to create the remaining shape of the mane.

 

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Step 18: Use the remaining shapes and lines as guides to draw the rest of the horse's body. Simply darken the outer edges of the initial guides to create the shape of the body. If you made your initial guides thinner or wider, now is the time to correct them to give your horse the proper body shape.

 

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Step 19: Use the last line on the right as a guide to draw the horse's tail. Surround the guide using a series of curved lines and quick, short strokes to create the shape of the tail.

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