tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59205718280317965812024-02-18T23:00:51.347-08:00A Model CitizenThe Equine Artworks of Carol HuddlestonCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657753964119542889noreply@blogger.comBlogger274125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920571828031796581.post-27897456853008834692013-08-11T08:01:00.001-07:002013-08-11T08:01:58.886-07:00Progress Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that I had to take a full-time job. This is going to cut drastically into the time I will have to paint. When I worked previously, I had an evening shift so I was able to paint in the morning, and of course having a few years of full-time painting after that was a really wonderful luxury.</div>
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Now, I have a day shift, so I'm still in the process of figuring out my schedule, when I'll do maintenance things like laundry, shopping, errands, etc., and when I'll be able to fit artwork into the mix. I'm definitely a morning person, and like to spend some time chilling with my husband in the evenings (plus I'm usually pretty tired), so until I get everything sorted out I've relegated painting to the weekends. I may do some minor things like pencilwork, prepping and spraying on weeknights. My blog posts may be a little more sporadic to reflect all of this. I'm feeling really sad that I had to give up so much of my painting time but it was necessary for me to find work.</div>
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The good news about all of this is that I really like my job so far, it's slightly creative and the ambience at the company is just the way I like it. The people are friendly and I've got a variety of tasks, so that is a real positive. I also feel good about the company and what they produce, which always helps :)</div>
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Okay, enough about that. Here is the Dante commission I'm working on, I'm just whitening up the blanket and have started adding some ticking to him. I'll still have to go back and forth with the spots and blanket. </div>
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Here is the Tiny that I've been working on. He will be a sales piece when he's done.<br />
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I don't think I posted a finished picture of the Little Lonestar commission. I made a little mistake originally and made his ermine spots black, but thankfully a kind soul pointed it out to me and I fixed it. Hopefully I'll get his complete pictures on my website in the next couple of weeks.</div>
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<br />Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657753964119542889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920571828031796581.post-27246438419340226992013-07-03T09:11:00.000-07:002013-07-03T09:11:43.250-07:00Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dante is moving along, I've got a few layers of paint on him and have just started to map in some of the white areas on his blanket, as well as hinting at some of the darker spots. I love the attitude on this guy!</div>
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I'm pretty positive that I will have final photos of the Little Lonestar by next week, I'm putting final details on him. I'm really happy with his pattern and color and hope his owner will be, too. I got set back a week because I needed to spray him but it was uncharacteristically muggy out here for several days. Now that the weather is nice I'm back in business with him.</div>
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That's all I've got to show this week. My production has slowed dramatically because I'm looking for a job, but I am still able to work on at least a couple of horses most days. </div>
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Oh, and I forgot about the bay Oliver that I painted as a commission - he won his championship class at NAN in Trad/CL Stallion/Colt! </div>
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I think it was my first workmanship win at NAN so I was thrilled to hear about that. Congrats to Erin Corbett, his owner!</div>
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Just a few progress shots this week. Here's the Little Lonestar with his pattern blocked in. He probably looks like he's close to being done, but I would say he's probably about 50%.</div>
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Dante is still in his ugly phase. I don't like looking at primered surfaces so I had to put some color on his legs and mane/tail. He has a lot of deep crevices on his underside and all around his head and mane and tail, so I have to make sure that I get paint into all those areas before I move forward.</div>
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And here's a Tiny that I recently started. I thought of doing something really fancy with him, but this was the color that popped into my mind, and I happened to have some good photos of a couple of Gypsy horses that I took at a show a few years ago, so I'm using that for the pattern.</div>
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That's all for this week! I've been looking through some of my own photo references, and I found a really cool appaloosa that I'm going to want to try on a traditional size piece. I'm not sure what mold to use, though. The pattern is kind of a semi-leopard, and the horse looks more hunter-like. He has a long, braided tail and braided mane. I thought of Valor or Vixen right away, but if anyone has any suggestions for something like this, I'd love to hear it!</div>
<br />Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657753964119542889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920571828031796581.post-24463998250284633942013-04-25T16:36:00.001-07:002013-04-25T16:36:12.793-07:00Rose Reiner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've got this newly completed Rose Reiner up on <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/251266207458?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1586.l2649" target="_blank">eBay</a> tonight, if you're interested have a look!Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657753964119542889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920571828031796581.post-48290165870198489302013-04-18T07:42:00.001-07:002013-04-18T07:42:19.671-07:00Progress Report<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm pretty much fussing with details on little Imp. Very close to being done!</div>
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Little Lonestar has a couple more layers of paint. I've warmed up his color a little bit.</div>
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Here's Dante with his ugly coat. He's going to be an appaloosa.</div>
<br />Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657753964119542889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920571828031796581.post-29779481475450107982013-03-28T11:10:00.000-07:002013-03-28T11:10:29.479-07:00UpdateJust a couple of things to show this week:<br />
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Here is Imp with the markings started. I still have some more to do on them, and I will still need to do some more on his hind legs, also, as well as his face and hooves, etc. So I would say he's about 60% done.<br />
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And here's a Little Lonestar which will be a chestnut pinto. He's in his ugly stage with just a couple of thin layers of paint.<br />
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That's it!Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657753964119542889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920571828031796581.post-61431614375829085762013-03-06T08:10:00.002-08:002013-03-06T08:10:22.041-08:00Misc Stuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's the little Imp commission I'm working on. He's going to be a minimal pinto, so I think I'm going to make his front legs white and also a patch over his shoulder. I wanted to have at least one leg without white to show the soft shading on his legs, but I wasn't positive that was something that happened with tobianos, even minimal ones. I had to search for a while, but I did find a photo reference of a minimal pinto with only two white legs, so I know it's possible. Here's the other side:</div>
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And here are a couple more commissions in different stages of prep:</div>
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I also bought a bottle of Lascaux White Acrylics:</div>
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I think this is the stuff that I had heard Jaime Baker recommend. I have to say: I love it! It's very opaque and covers in just a few layers. So convenient! It brushes out beautifully and has a matte finish. I'm using it on the base layers of Hazel before I lay in a more "natural" white, not one so blindingly bright as this.</div>
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<br />Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657753964119542889noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920571828031796581.post-55644119898051902332013-02-07T13:31:00.002-08:002013-02-07T13:31:55.026-08:00Odds and EndsLots of little things to update this week. First off, here are a couple of Myla Pearce's mule medallions that I painted. Good "mealy muzzle" practice!<br />
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I was running late this morning so all of these photos are hastily snapped in natural light. I used a little Photoshop in the backgrounds of these medallions just to get rid of some of the distracting thing that they are leaning on.</div>
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This little Imp is a commission, he will be a minimal pinto. He's at a really early stage.</div>
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This Little Lonestar commission arrived with an eartip MIA so I'm fixing that while I prep him. It still needs a little refining.</div>
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The Rose Reiner I've been working on had an unfortunate mishap and his ear broke off, so I've been repairing that, too. I was really mad about this one because I was getting ready to finish him up when it happened. </div>
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I'm not sure if this will show up, I had to darken the exposure on this Sushi to try to show some of the light-colored detail. This poor horse has changed so many times as I tried to get the "look" I wanted on her. She's gone from blue-ish gray to a warmer gray to somewhere in-between, and her mane/tail changed a little bit, too. I originally envisioned her to be moderately fleabit, but for a while she was looking really heavily fleabit, but now she's back to what I was originally thinking for her, with moderate/light fleabites and some darker bites. They're probably not called bites but that's what I call them ;)</div>
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Anyway, for a long time I felt that her topline was a little too stark compared to the rest of her body with all the varied bites, but I finally went in and made little hair marks that are slightly darker than the body color, and I think this really made all the difference. This is a terrible photo and I will try to get better ones next week. This is the only model I've ever painted that I couldn't stop working on. Honestly, I could still keep going but I have to stop at some point. I put a boatload of hours into her, so this is another one of those long, drawn-out learning experiences. I don't see a ton of fleabit grays out there, and I found it to be a huge challenge and much more difficult than I expected. I don't know if I'll do another one anytime soon.</div>
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<br />Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657753964119542889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920571828031796581.post-35444362999572045172012-12-27T10:01:00.000-08:002012-12-27T10:01:01.353-08:00Stormwatch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's a picture of the Stormwatch that I recently finished. I'm really happy with the way he turned out. I'm glad I just gave him the sock and the star. I think it makes him look more realistic. I just loved painting him! Thanks to Sarah M-B for sculpting him, I can't thank the sculpting artists enough. If I had to sculpt/customize AND paint, you would probably see something from me every eight years lol!</div>
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At any rate, he will be on eBay starting the evening of Dec. 27th (3-day auction). Here is a <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/251205261763?ssPageName=STRK:MESCX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1585.l2649" target="_blank">link</a> to the auction (won't be live until 7:00PM Pacific time), and here's a <span id="goog_748421446"></span><span id="goog_748421447"></span><span id="goog_748421431"></span><span id="goog_748421441"></span><a href="http://prairiedreamstudio.com/galleries/roangallery.html" target="_blank">link</a><span id="goog_748421442"></span><span id="goog_748421432"></span> to my website with more pictures of him. I hope you all like him! His reserve is very reasonable for this sculpture and color.</div>
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Here's a Rose Reiner that I don't think I've shown to you yet. He's almost done, I need to do some more details and some touchups though so he won't be ready until some time after Christmas.<br />
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Here's my first attempt at a champagne color on one of Sarah Mink's medallions. </div>
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And on to a couple other progress pieces:</div>
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Hazel has another layer of oils. I'm trying out a different painting medium with this one, it dries slightly slower than the other mediums that I've been using, but the "open" time is longer so I'm able to paint a slightly thicker layer and blend more. I usually paint so thinly and transparently that it takes ages and ages to build up color, so we'll see how this new technique goes.</div>
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Stormwatch is close to final detailing now. You can click on the photo for a much larger shot. I still think he'd look good with a sock, debating on whether to do it or not. He has a very small star.</div>
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<br />Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657753964119542889noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920571828031796581.post-72906006042510135352012-11-28T10:05:00.000-08:002012-11-28T10:05:03.360-08:00Grays and WhitesI'm having a problem with my whites. I don't have a consistent white formula that I use while painting, instead I mix a new batch every time I sit down, and most of the time I use a very haphazard method of using a little of this, a mess of that, whatever looks good, etc. I'm looking for a color that is off-white, but not too yellow or blue. It's really hard to find that perfect color.<br />
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So I've been experimenting a bit with the whites and grays that I use when I paint in oils. The above are two of my favorite whites. I think I have mentioned Archival Fast-Drying White before, I really like it and use it for almost all of my mixing. For a gray horse, though, I'm trying out Archival's Tinting White. I bought this a while ago and didn't use it because I thought it would take too long to dry. But guess what? It's not too bad! It's slightly off-white, with a pearly sheen, and the consistency is really soft and buttery, which I like. Here's a little comparison of them, with a buff titanium I've been using to show how different that color can be:<br />
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I've been adding just a touch of the Buff Titan to the Tinting White, and then a smidgen of a gray mix to use for my grays. </div>
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Now on to the grays. I also have a problem with my grays getting a little too blue for my taste. I used to use Burnt Umber and Mars Black, with a touch of a yellow ochre, but lately I've been mixing equal parts of Raw Umber and Van Dyke Brown plus a touch of Mars Black. Today I made this little chart of different mixes to see what worked best. I was surprised to see that I liked the mix with the two browns and Ivory Black. I usually equate Ivory Black with blue, but it looks pretty good to me. Mars Black is a stronger tinting color than Ivory Black, so maybe that's why.</div>
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Maybe some people like working on bases but it's usually the last thing I touch.</div>
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In the meantime, here are a couple of things from an auto swap meet that I went to a few weeks ago. First, there was a guy there with a pet possum:</div>
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It was very friendly and the man let me hold her. He showed me her little marsupial pouch. One of his relatives works at a wildlife rehab and this possum was raised from a baby. I think she's still pretty young because she's not that big. Very cute! He said she was litter-box trained and everything. Her tail was very strong! Don't worry, I'm not setting traps in the yard to capture one ;-)</div>
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Also, here's a page from my childhood:</div>
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I also saw a PAM and a CAS, both were played-with body quality and both were $10 each. I thought of buying them and probably should have. I don't have the time to do any customizing on them but thought someone in the hobby might want them, but I wasn't sure if that was a good price or not so I didn't bite. </div>
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Stormwatch is about halfway done now. I had thought at one point that I would give him some sabino markings but I think I will leave him as a plain roan.</div>
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Here is a Smytten that I'm painting as a personal piece. I want to give her a little more contrast around the barrel area.</div>
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This is the Hazel that I started with alkyd paints and she now has one layer of oils on her. Still very streaky looking. I'm not sure how I feel about the alkyds. They have a weird feeling out of the tube and need a stiffer brush to paint with. I get a smoother outcome when I do an airbrushed base coat, so I'll probably continue with airbrushing for the most part. I get really lazy about using the airbrush, I don't like fiddling with it and my compressor is extremely loud, but the results are better.</div>
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I'm also doing something a little different on Hazel by going back and forth between body color and white markings. I'm not sure how I like doing that, either.</div>
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I finished the Little Lonestar yesterday. I'm hoping to get him onto eBay for tomorrow, ending some time on Sunday. I'll be uploading more pictures to my website etc. today. This is probably the last of the mini resins that will be for sale from me for a while, as I plan to do a few mini commissions next (not yet though!)</div>
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Here's a Hazel that has been sitting in my cabinet for years, I've finally gotten around to her! I usually airbrush my base coats, but I bought some pure alkyd paints and decided to experiment with them for the base coat. I will give a little report on the paints and how I like them (or not) in an upcoming post.</div>
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Last weekend I tagged along with my hubby who was helping a friend with a hot rod project. This friend has a couple of horses and boards several more, so I went along and did some sketching. There were some really gorgeous quarter horses there, as well as a couple of minis. Most of them were lively and actively grazing/running about, so I didn't get many good drawings, but this little mini stood mesmerized for several minutes: </div>
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Hubby's friend also owns a gorgeous (and friendly) brindle whippet: </div>
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He got a little excited and chased the horses around, then lay in the sun so I got to sketch him, also:</div>
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That's all for this week! Hopefully I'll have a new picture of Sushi and/or Stormwatch in the next couple of weeks.</div>
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My husband is a car fanatic, to put it mildly, and this Labor Day weekend I got a chance to ride in one of the cars that he built. This is a '57 Ford station wagon owned by Bob Crabtree. My husband built it as a street car and drove it around for a while before selling it to Bob, who continued modifying it into the monster it is today. Bob is a kidney transplant recipient and runs an organization that speaks to other kidney patients and educates them about the disease, that's what the logo is about on the car.</div>
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I rode in this car at a drag race several years ago when my hubby still owned it. I remember it being fun, but now? I really wasn't prepared for the speed and power of this thing. It truly is a monster! Drag racing is broken up into brackets based on speed, and this car is almost at the top. It's consistently breaking into the top bracket but would need nitrous to be competitive at that level.</div>
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Anyway, I knew it was going to be fast going down the runway, but I really didn't know it would be THAT fast -- I screamed the whole way down the track. It was like a roller coaster ride! I had a huge grin on my fast the rest of the day. What a cool car! Here's a another shot of it racing a different car. See how the front wheels pop up? So exciting!</div>
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So that was my little foray into the world of automotive horsepower. Now it's back to the miniature world of plastic horses ;)</div>
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Here's a little heads up that I'll be selling this Mindy on my Yahoo group very soon:</div>
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I'm still not quite ready to start commissions yet, thanks for your patience on that! I almost always offer straight sales pieces to the Yahoo group first, so if you want to get in on that <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prairiedreamstudio/">here is the link</a></div>
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I'm making great progress on the Little Lonestar and Sushi, so maybe in the next couple of weeks I'll have some pictures of them.</div>
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Here's where I'm at with the little Lonestar right now. I can't believe how quickly he's going. I probably shouldn't say that because I'm sure I'll find something wrong or get stuck on itty-bitty details and then it will be another 3 months.</div>
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I was able to get a cord for the video recorder and tried taping the way that I do dapples, but I haven't had time to even look at the footage. I'm not sure any of it will be useful because I kept lifting my hand up so that the horse was off the screen. Plus I have the door open and a couple of planes flew by, so the sound is probably terrible. I'm not sure what interest there is in something like this, so I will probably just put a minute or so up on this blog with a little explanation. I don't think anyone would want to paint like me since it takes ages, but I always like to see how others paint, to see if I can pick up a technique that might work for me. I might do several tiny video installments.</div>
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Well, my cheap old tripod finally bit the dust, so here are a couple of hand-held shots of the Little Lonestar I'm working on. I'm thrilled that he's coming along so quickly, especially for an appy that usually takes ages for me to paint. He still has a ways to go but the pattern and roaning is really progressing smoothly.<br />
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I've got a new tripod on order so hopefully I'll get it in the next week or so. I thought the head was removable on my old one, so I ordered just the legs, but then I found out that the head wouldn't come off the old one, so had to order a head today. I'm worried that the quick release mechanism on the new head will not be compatible with the old plates that I've got. It's very hard to figure out what is what, especially because all the plates I've got don't have a model number on them. I guess I'll find out when it arrives...<br />
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Also, I was going to make a little video showing how I paint dapples, using the Smytten as a model, but I ran into more technical trouble. My ancient DV recorder didn't have a cord that will plug into my laptop. It's been that long since I've used the recorder. So I had to order a new cord for that. I'll wait until I can't use the dv recorder anymore before I get another one of those ;-) I know my camera can record some video, too, so I guess I should read the manual pretty soon.<br />
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Here's the Lil Lonestar with another layer of paint. I'm at the point where I'm not sure what to do with him next. All of my appaloosas are mixed media so I will probably let him dry some more and then start doing some roaning.</div>
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Here's Smytten (or is that Smittyn?) with another layer of oils. She will have dapples eventually. She will also be lighter in color, I think. I'm warming her up quite a bit now. I'm still trying to come up with a good "gray" color. I used to use burnt umber and mars black along with white, but burnt umber has a coolness to it that I don't always like, so lately I've been using equal parts raw umber and van dyke brown along with the mars black. I like to go back and forth between warmer and cooler colors as well.</div>
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I've been working a <i>lot</i> on Sushi. I glazed some of the fleabite color over her, then went back in with my white mix for details, but I still need to do a lot more with it. She's looking a little pink in places, and I also am warming up her whites some more, they're still way too cool for my taste.</div>
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Here's a detail of Sushi. I think you can click on the photo for a larger view. There are several layers of bite marks and glazing.</div>
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And here are photos from NAN of Champ and Reserve Champ winners that I painted. Thank you to the sculptors for the superb "canvas" that I get to paint on, and thanks also to NAMHSA for putting on this show and providing photos (and the web cam). All photos courtesy of NAMHSA.</div>
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I've just got a couple of little things to show this week, both are in the very early stages with an acrylics basecoat and one layer of oils so far. Nevada and the Mindy are close enough to being finished that I don't want to show them anymore. I will probably wait until after Breyerfest to put them up for sale.<br />
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I hope everyone has a great and safe 4th of July! Keep your pets safe too -- I know mine will be cowering in the basement :-/Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657753964119542889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920571828031796581.post-42426734112399022942012-06-20T12:00:00.001-07:002012-06-20T12:00:41.852-07:00Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's a Mindy that I haven't shown in a while. The dapples look terrible, but this is close to the color that I'm looking for.<br />
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I've been able to work a bit on Stormwatch, too. I usually save him for last because the roaning causes eyestrain and tends to put me to sleep a little bit.<br />
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Well! I just spent the last hour writing a rambling, whiny meltdown but I decided not to post it here. I don't think people in the model horse community respond well to hearing negative things. It was only negative towards myself, but I'm sure those of you who read this will be better off not hearing about it. I do wish that I could speak more openly and honestly about things that bother me, but oh well. That's what private diaries are for, right?Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657753964119542889noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920571828031796581.post-11331329710363788102012-06-13T08:50:00.002-07:002012-06-13T08:50:35.705-07:00Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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All I've got worth showing today is this Nevada, I've just started adding some markings.<br />
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In other news, my "Ornaments" painting is going to be on display at the Edmonds Arts Festival this weekend (June 15-17). It's a nice festival with indoor art galleries, booths outside with lots of art and craft vendors, and food. Here is the <a href="http://www.edmondsartsfestival.com/">link</a> if you're interested. I'm looking forward to seeing the painting from a distance, it's so large that I haven't been able to back up far enough in my own house to get a good look at it from afar.<br />
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'Til next week...Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657753964119542889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920571828031796581.post-54185394721551213432012-06-06T09:59:00.000-07:002012-06-06T09:59:41.819-07:00Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been working a lot on Sushi. At this point I've gone over most of the flea bites with the white mixture I'm using. Lots of back and forth on her. Here are a couple of detail shots to show you the depth of the bites:</div>
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Next is the Nevada who will be getting worked on a lot pretty soon. At this point I'm going to start adding white markings. I keep forgetting that her face is going to be bald :-/<br />
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And finally, I pretty much spammed everyone with this already, but this Taboo that I recently finished is <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/251078842962?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1586.l2649">on eBay</a> right now:</div>
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I have been painting models but my studio is torn apart at the moment, so no photos until next week. In the meantime, here are a few gesture drawings that I did recently. Horses are really hard to draw to begin with, but when they're constantly moving around it's even worse. But nothing compares to close observation from life!Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657753964119542889noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920571828031796581.post-57108899427797910522012-05-03T09:38:00.003-07:002012-05-03T09:38:48.768-07:00Quick Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm wrapping up a couple of commissions this week, and working on this Taboo as a sales piece. I'm hoping to have him done within the month.<br />
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I'm still really busy working on the "flat" painting and that will continue for the next couple of weeks, so it will be a little quiet around here until then.Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657753964119542889noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920571828031796581.post-44337966342812612872012-04-18T07:17:00.002-07:002012-04-18T07:17:49.076-07:00A Short Diversion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sorry for the radio silence on this end lately! I've been working on finishing up the Johann and Oliver commissions, and unfortunately when it gets to this point there's not really any use in showing them until they're done. Glazes, spot-checks and final detailing just don't seem to show through on the photos, yet it takes a long time to get those final details right. </div>
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My time in the model horse studio will be very limited for the next couple of weeks, too, because I'm trying to finish up a large "flat" painting for a show deadline. So I am limiting myself to the commissions and a small sales piece until the flat painting is done. Then I'll be back in business!</div>
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In the meantime I thought I'd share a few sketches I made the other day of a raccoon that wandered into the yard. It spent a long time grooming itself.</div>
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