Marlowe the Maniac

Updated the file, I got a larger(ish) scanner for X-mas!
I think this one looks waaay more accurate to the real thing!

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But the real painting I love.
I tried a acrylic wash under the horse with watercolor over it and lifted it. technique inspired by one of OxPeckers tutorials (Edit: Found the link to it )  I say inspired because I only half followed it.. the background has no acrylic for example - it's only watercolor. 

As far as her color, I had a tie between Chestnut and Black on the poll. And a comment was made to do a blood Bay paint (think Templado suggested it) and I figured, Bay is kinda a mix between Chestnut and black... XD
I planned on her being tobiano but I was afraid of adding to much white after I worked so hard on shading the coat! I had wanted a blue eye all along because I thought it'd look awesome.

EDIT:  Found pose reference: