Art student teaches pony how to paint

An art student is hoping to gallop her way towards top marks after she taught a PONY -- to paint.

Elodie Poncin, 18, is studying a foundation diploma in arts and design at Oxford Brookes University, and wanted her last exhibition to stand out from the crowd.

The horse lover came up with the idea of having a pony paint her work for her - but first needed to find and train one.

Determined Elodie spent hours training the stubborn Welsh cross pony to first hold a sponge, then a brush, and then paint pictures on a canvas.