Happy Belated Thanksgiving!

Whew! It's been a busy few weeks so Thanksgiving break has been a welcome respite. I have a few things to be thankful for too - of course my family and friends are one of them! They have always supported me and my crazy ideas. They are also very supportive of my decision to major in Art Education. That leads me to the next thing, recently I received an acceptance letter from Moore College of Art and Design, my top school.

Now on to commissions! Riptide and Freckles are in their second layers of white. Apache and Whisper are still having their colors worked on, but are in the final stages of that.

Thank you to all my loyal readers as well. Without you this blog would be nothing. :o)

An Update and an Owl

Hey everyone! Sorry for my lack of posting lately. Just wanted to let everyone know that commissions are coming along slowly but surely. Most of my Thanksgiving break will be dedicated to working on commissions, so keep an eye out for pictures!

And as a treat - a sneak peak of a painting I'm working on!

Creating a Flaxen Liver Chestnut - Part Three

Here's what you need:

• brushes or q-tips for applying color
• horse
• reference picture
• matte acrylic sealer
• Brown 610 or a reddish brown pastel
• Chocolate brown pigment or pastel 
• Dark chocolate brown pigment or pastel
• Black pigment or pastel

To shade the horse, I created a mix of the chocolate brown pigment, dark chocolate brown pigment (pictured below), and black pigment. This crests a dark brown, almost black mixture.

Final picture

Next, apply three to four layers of the pigment mixture.

After the dealer has cured, apply brown 610 around the outer edges of the shading. Apply and blend the darker mixture and seal the layer. This creates softer line of delineation between the shading and base color. 

After that has cured, alternate between black and white pigment on the muzzle, the eyes, and the genital area. The method I use for creating a flaxen mane and tail is depicted in these two videos by K Smith Equine Creation -

If y'all have any requests just post them in the comments!

New Option

I added a new option to my Commission page. Dapples! I'll have a few examples in my portfolio shortly.

Creating a Flaxen Liver Chestnut - Part Two

Here's what you need:

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

Today we'll cover finishing the base coat and the very beginning of the shading. As always make sure to have a reference picture close by!

In part one, I pasteled three layers of pigments onto my drafter. The horse is pictured in its fourth layer. I uses a wet pigment technique that I am still developing to get the Brown 610 solid.

When the sealer dried I pasteled another layer of Brown 610 and then blended my chocolate brown pigment across the top line. With that, my base coat was finished and the shading had begun!

In the next installment, I'll continue the shading. 

An Update

Hey all! Just wanted to let you know that I've entered Intersport/Intermediare on October 12th! Come say hi if you see me. I plan to have my draft resin finished by then so wish me luck. Hopefully I'll have the next part of my chestnut tutorials up sometime this weekend so keep an eye out for that too!

Prepping Progress

So in the midst of working on commissions, I have been working on a few horses for myself.

In the later stages of prepping

Just started

also just started