Saturday, April 17, 2010

Friesian is finished!


Sometimes I could look at these paintings for weeks and still find little things I would like to change. I am learning to say "enough, it is done"!

Because this horse's mane was french braided, it had alot of little fly away hairs, I started to paint them, then didn't care for how they were looking so I painted a coat of turqoise over them...they took on the "fly away" look I was after! So I added more and painted over them again! They don't really show up in the photograph, and they are not real apparent when you look at the painting from a distance...which is great, because that is how it should be!

Monday, April 12, 2010

Gelding is Finished!


After darkening up the highlights on Mateo, he is Finished! Putting the final coat of gloss varnish on today.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Bridle and Mane




The bridle is pretty much finished, I spent at least 45 minutes just on the bit! I still have detail work on the mane, this morning I toned down the highlights on the horse with a very diluted black.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

The Eyes




I have been working on this off and on the last few days. Spent an hour on the eyes Thursday! Will probably still tweak them a little more before it's all said and done.