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Buckskins, Grey's, and Blacks

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 After NaMoPaiMo was done, I lasted about two weeks before I started painting again πŸ˜‚. I selected four horses to paint: These guys will be a bloody shoulder Arabian (the mare) and a black (the filly) The mare is the only one I have finished so far, I’ll add pictures of the further down. And these two are in the process of becoming sooty buckskin Connemara ponies! I’m going to keep one and sell one. I found a bunch of reference pictures for them, sooty buckskins are SO pretty! Looking up reference pictures has got to be one of my favorite parts of painting!  Here is my progress on the little twin ponies: I forgot to take pictures of the foal, but she is just in her base coat black right now  Here is what I’m aiming for: And now for the one I finished! First I found way more reference pictures than I needed, but the bloody shoulder Arabians are just so beautiful! There are so many different kinds! Some aren’t even on the shoulder! I decided to do a medium sized one.  I know she’s a bit

Small Projects

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 Sorry for not posting in a while! I can’t believe it’s been a month! Breyer has been laying low for a while, so I don’t have anything important to tell about on that end. But I’ve been doing a lot of stuff!!! First, before I start on tack and painting, I want to introduce the newest herd member:  Heath!!! He is my first club horse, and my first on the Othello mold. He is so gorgeous πŸ’•πŸ’• And he has such a sweet face  The only factory flaws he came with is this wierd black mark that I can’t get rid of And the usual ear rubs. I am so happy that he’s part of my herd! And now for my first project: A new and improved stall guard! It is much more realistic than my old blue one, and I like this one much better. Even though it took forever to glue the hooks onto the barnπŸ™„ Then I made a newborn foal halter to fit the QH foal mold.  If any of you guys are interested, it’s for sale on my Etsy shop:  model horse newborn foal halter  And next I went a little crazy… I had the urge to make a mini w