So I finally have a bit of an update. I have been playing with my pan pastels the past month, working on my Catalina and a WG I decided to hair and repaint as well. Catalina is such a beautiful sculpture and she has been driving me NUTS! I just couldn't get her colours right. After 3 attempts and a very failed stripping session, the BF got me some new pan colours for my B-day and they were perfect. I finally got the buttermilky colour I was going for. And then I ran out of finishing spray and bought two cans of the wrong kind :( I have to get him to drive me back to the art supply to exchange them. It is really amazing how much he puts up with. I took over his house 2 years ago with my horse models, throw blankets and cats. Now the bathtub is a mess from all my strippings and there is dust everywhere despite my constant sweeping and there is always a faint oder of horse in the basement thanks to the winter blankets and dirty saddle pads. To be fair I have to put up with his stinky tennis clothes and various tennis gear, including a ball machine in the living room. I guess we're almost even :P
Anyway back to horses. Here is Catalina in progress while she waits for the proper spray.
I need to replicate this colour on her left side, then add the dapples and lighten her up a bit before the final details on the eyes, hooves and any white markings I add. Then mohair!!
I got a new dremel with a flex shaft which has cut my work load in half, so of course wagner has had more surgery Increasing my work load x3. His head has been lengthen and narrowed, new neck, repositioned front legs (well leg, still need to put the right one back on. He is currently a twin of my dog) longer croup, and I am currently working on narrowing and reshaping his chest and shoulders. He still needs his pasterns, fetlocks, knees and hocks refined. Long way to go, but at least it is in the right direction!
