Finished Commissions (An Almost Wordless Wednesday)

Whisper, Apache, Riptide, and Freckles have been finished! 

Some Updates

Hi everyone! I know I've been MIA lately - senior year has been slightly insane. Even as I'm writing this I'm multitasking between commissions and a research paper.
Anyways Spring has finally come and has breathed inspiration into me. Yay! I'm nearly finished with my commissions and final pictures should be up soon. Meanwhile here's a in progress shot to hold you over.

I'm not sure how frequently I'll be posting in the next two months. April is the last full month of school for me and my teachers are piling on the work. It's also my birthday month, yay! May is my graduation month, but I really only have a couple weeks of actual classes, so who knows!

As many of you know this fall I am going to college in Philly at Moore College of Art and Design. I'm not sure how much time I will have to do model horses, but I will definitely be posting more of my flat art and other sculpture work.

Well until next time!

A Year in Review

Happy New Years everyone! I can't wait to see what happens in 2015 but lets take a look back at 2014.

I went to prom with a group of friends. We took pictures at the Sunken Garden in Harrisburg and later we returned to my house for a post-prom party with the highlight being watching the Breakfast Club...

I officially became a senior on my last day of school with the class ring ceremony, I also won a High Achievement Award in art, along with several other awards in different subjects...

I'm the one wearing it on her middle finger

I visited a few colleges and it became more and more apparent that I was growing up...

I also visited Mary Baldwin College and Millersville University but I couldn't find pictures of those.

I visited Chincoteague and attended the Feather Fund Auction. That was definitely the highlight of my summer!

I was asked to create band props for my school's marching band, which turned out to be some of the crown jewels in my portfolio!

And the highlight of the year was, of course, getting accepted to my dream college, Moore College of Art and Design!

I did not do a lot of model horsey things this year, something I hope to change in the coming year. I also hope to post more frequently this year.

Each New Years, I try to choose a quote to keep in the back of my mind. Here is 2015's:

The best use of imagination is creativity.

The worst use of imagination is anxiety.

~ Deepak Chopra

Merry Christmas!

....a day late :-)

Christmas was wonderful. I recieved some awesome gifts this year, including water mixable oil paints ( I can't stand the scent of turpentine and would like to avoid some of the more negative effects of the fumes) and a new puppy!

His name is Kristoff

My mother loved her present! I am definitely proud of it as I usually prefer pencil and pastels to acrylics when doing flat art. 

I hope you had just as wonderful holiday as I. Over the break I will be able to work on commissions and will also be working on some custom dolls for an English project (we get to create a box set for Shakespeare's The Tempest and I am contributing action figures).

An Owl Update

The last time you saw this owl he looked like this:

He went from that to looking like this:

To this:

To this:

To this:

And, finally, to this last Thursday:

It's almost finished! I just need to put some finishing details on and then wrap it up, because my mom asked for it as a Christmas gift!

If there is anything you would like me to write about, model horse related or anything else, just let me know in the comments!

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!