A finished piece!

Yes I know, I jump around btw projects ALOT, but I do get things done once in a while. What I havent done is gotten a nice BIG real light box. And my backdrop has gone all wonky, but here is the finished Aashiq :)

Movin on up

to a bigger size! Lookie what I forgot I had on the basement body shelves. Liddy Leo and Henry, lb scale mules. Actually I have SIX of them, 3 of each, I had plans for them in performance but who knows if that will ever happen. Ive had them quite a while now. Well 1 of each were already prepped and after all that sculpting and sanding but not having anything to paint yet, I thought these would be a great test on going up in scale. The first few layers werent going so well, more patience is needed the larger the scale. I'm finally feeling good about them, the paint is covering well now. The blonde chestnut is coming along faster than the bay surprisingly. Holding them is more of a pain than I thought it would be, cant do it by the tail, so the lower legs havent been worked on much.

Ive wanted to paint this guy that I found in a sale ad several years ago:




but Ive gotten too dark on that golden brown coat so I will have to tone that down. I hope I can pull off those reverse dapples!

Both are quite shiny at the moment between their fresh paint and the drier thats a necessity now with the KY like weather we have been having since I got back :(

Jezebel commission done!

She and the bay pinto NSH should be on their way to their owner tomorrow!

Netsky done!

and up for sale on sales pages




http://www.modelhorsesalespages.com/sales/vendors/view_details.asp

additional pix

Jezebel, better pix

still not doing her justice :(

I did it again!

I painted a resin on commission and now I want to keep it, or rather, halfway thru I wish I would have saved this color for my (eventual) copy of Jezebel. As soon as I knew I was painting her I knew I wanted to do her in this color and I am very very happy with how its turning out. I guess thats part of taking commissions, its already sold so I CANT keep them all :) Good news is I know I can recreate this color, unlike that red chestnut Mindy I did.

Anyway, shes coming along great, still need to work on the lower legs and head yet, heres just a quick shot on the studio table for now. Behind her is a Finn resin that I airbrush painted last year but was never happy with his white markings so, inspired by the 3 (yes there are now THREE) Clydesdales at the barn, he is getting new whites and will be back up for sale again soon.

The 3 amigos!

Shows can either inspire or discourage...

I had to sit and think about it, an old friend I havent seen in a while asked me at the show how long I had been painting. I said at least 10-12 years. Actually its more like 17! I started out hand painting with acrylics which I did not have great success at! After a few years of struggling I moved up to an area with more showers and learned to airbrush from one of them. By the end of that 12 year period I was pretty confident in my airbrush paint jobs, having won several cookies at NAN. But learning oils was like going back 17 years and starting all over. Showing several of my new pieces at the show last weekend was encouraging, not only in the placings but more so in the comments from some highly respected artists and collectors.

Not surprising then I was anxious to get back in the studio and start in on some new pieces.

This resin gal is well on her way to becoming a dark red bay tobiano NSH (she is a commission piece). She will have a more detailed pattern, I just blocked it in for now.

And a G1 Arab Stallion thats been hanging around here a while, I'm trying to recreate the Mindy paintjob :) He has a long way to go!

Getting things done!

Nothing like an upcoming show for that extra incentive to finish things! (except the lawn still needs to be mowed :( )

Jan's Mindy, done, tho I need to take that eyewhite down a notch I see from the pix. (of course if Jan doesn't like her I'd be HAPPY to keep her!)

and my mess of a NL Cob, next time I sculpt that much hair and then decide to paint it at the last minute with OILS, just shoot me!

But I want to keep her!

But its a commission so I cant! She needs her high whites and blaze, hair, eyes and hooves done yet once she is dry but I'm pretty happy with her :)

I  have three more stablemate resin commissions here now so no more til they are done! I dont want to get overloaded and under pressure.