Creating a Flaxen Liver Chestnut in Pigments and Pastels - Part One

Here's the liver chestnut tutorial I promised!

Here's what you need for this part:

• brushes or q-tips for applying color
• prepped horse
• reference picture
• Brown 610 or a reddish brown pastel
• acrylic sealer 

First, find a reference picture for your project. You can use one ref picture for your model or two - one for the color and one for the markings.

photo from http://www.proudmeadows.com/breeding_rondo.asp

After that, make sure your model is completely prepped. For this tutorial I'm using Pretty Girl (name pending). You can buff it if you want, but it is not required as this is going to be a dark color and you'll be able workout any grain issues in the layers.

Start with a coat of Brown 610 or an equivalently colored pastel. Seal in three layers. 

First layer unsealed

First layer sealed

Second layer sealed

Third layer sealed

In the next post I'll cover darkening her up.