Back...briefly

Had a little spare time today and the urge to paint so I finished up 2 pieces that have been sitting patiently waiting for eyes, hooves etc for a while now. Unfortunately the 3rd piece I was working on I slipped and got black paint in a bad spot and will have to go back in with the airbrush next time its out.

Finally done, just needs a name, will debut in Nov at CCR in WI, as I am going to judge OFs. OTW I dont know when I would get to a show in the near or distant future.

Only copy of this medallion I have otherwise I was thinking about selling, showing Diva so much this year has really messed with my budget!

More airbrushing and a sales piece in progress!

Full shots of the mule for ya, he just needs eyes, hooves, mane, tail...color is closer to last shot, not sure why the difference, I didnt change the lighting, just turned him around.

and the first shots of a sales piece! Gilen in chestnut, will have some white, not sure how much just yet :)

Sneak peak!

Its my favorite shade of "mule"!

I should call him whiplash for the amount of times I went back and forth on what color to paint him and how many times I started over before I gave up and made him solid.

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 :(