This is me - many years ago. I am blissed out, sitting on my first horse-love, Tuffy, aka "Semi-Tuff" or "I Am a Tuff One". Why a registered appy has so many names, I am not sure. It could be a double registry as an appaloosa and a quarter horse.
I am using Tuffy's glorious coloring as a reference for the spots on the filly. This is another painting that, as I work on it, I am smiling. It's just so gosh-darn cute.