Today, I'll show you the first couple of steps to creating a copper chestnut or sorrel horse. For the the purpose of this tutorial I will refer to this color as sorrel, because I will also be doing a flaxen liver chestnut tutorial (hopefully) simultaneous to this one.
As defined by Wikipedia "Sorrel is an alternative word
for one of the most common equine coat colors in horses. While the term is
usually used to refer to a copper-red shade of chestnut, in some places it is
used generically in place of "chestnut" to refer to any reddish horse
with a same-color or lighter mane and tail, ranging from reddish-gold to a deep
burgundy or chocolate shade. The term probably comes from the color of the
flower spike of the sorrel herb."
On to the actual making of the
color! First, as with any other horse color, find a reference picture! Since
the horse I'm using is a commission - here is the picture I was given to use -
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| photo provided by Ashley Johnson |
First I break out on of my rarely used colors (mostly because I've been addicted to bays and blacks...shhhh). Havana Ocher is a nice orangeish brown color that goes on with a medium stain.
I paint the color on for two layers. It went on fairly dark for the first layer, and for the second layer it only caused minimum color change.
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| first layer |
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| second layer |
