Billie Nipper: Tennessee Walking Horses
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Billie Nipper's Art
What is Tennessee Walking Horse?
- Became our state horse symbol in 2000
- One of the smoothest riding horses in the world
- They come in all patterns and colors
- A Tennessee Walking Horse will nod its head in rhythm with the cadence of its feet. Walking Horses are born with the ability to do other gaits in addition to the running walk. Some of these gaits are the rack, pace, foxtrot, stepping pace, single-foot and other variations of the famous running walk
Who is Billie Nipper?
Pointillism
A painting using tiny dots of various pure colors, which become blended in the viewer's eye. It was developed by Georges Seurat with the aim of producing a greater degree of luminosity and brilliance of color
1. Draw horse head
2. Use a cue tip to do dots of paint around the sketch of your horse
3. Add different colored dots inside
- November 22, 1929 – February 24, 2016: Native of Cleveland, TN
- American artist who specialized in painting portraits of horses.
- Painted every horse to win the Tennessee Walking Horse World Grand Championship from 1976 until her death
- Painted her horses for presidents and celebrities