Category Archives: Realistic

This category is reserved for those models with coat colors and patterns found in nature.

D’Lembrança

Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:00 am
D’Lembrança

D’Lembrança

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Paso Fino (G2)
Color: Golden Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Liquitex Artist’s Color Acrylics (Ivory Black, Gesso, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna), Sargent Art Chalk Pastels (Earthtone), and Prismacolor Pencils (964, 1056, 1052, 1074)
Status: Painted January 2012 and For Sale

D’Lembrança means Of Memory in Portuguese and she’s one of the few fully prepped bodies pulled from my old body box. It’s amazing how well gesso holds up over the years! Continue reading →

Suicide Kings

Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:00 am
Suicide Kings

Suicide Kings

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Andalusian (G3)
Color: Liver Chestnut Minimal Splash Overo
Gallery: Overo
Medium: Liquitex Artist Color Acrylics (Gesso, Brunt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Ivory Black, Raw Sienna, Venetian Rose, Light Portrait Pink), Sargent Art Earthtone Chalk Pastels
Status: Painted January 2012 and For Sale

Poptop may have beat this little guy through the finish gate, but Kings is the first Third Generation mold that I’ve finished to date (as the Druid Horse is still a WiP). Continue reading →

Poptop

Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:00 pm
Poptop

Poptop

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Shetland Pony (G2)
Color: Dark (Black) Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Liquitex Artist Color Acrylics (Gesso, Neutral gray, Brunt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Ivory Black), Folkart (662), Sargent Art Earthtone Chalk Pastels, and Prismacolor Pencils (964, 1056, 1052, 1074)
Status: Painted January 2012 and For Sale

This little guy beat out Suicide Kings by a nose to be my first finished custom for 2012! Not a bad way to start the year off, even if I’m running a little behind schedule… (doh!) Continue reading →

Keno

Posted on December 31, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Keno

Keno

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Paso Fino (G2)
Color: Black Tobiano
Gallery: Tobaino
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy is a portrait of Jet’s Chief Keno owned by Sherry Foxworth of Rocking S Farm. He was one of the last portrait horses that I painted and the one I’m proudest of. He’s the best match so far from horse to model, although he wasn’t quite as complicated as Sierra. Continue reading →

Landshark’s Shadow

Posted on December 29, 2011 at 6:00 am
Landshark's Shadow

Landshark's Shadow

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Warmblood (G2)
Color: Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics, Pastels, Prismacolor Pencils
Status: Painted 200? and Home Herd

This little guy was one of my favorite customs and I regretted selling him almost as soon as I’d put him in the mail. Amazingly I stumbled across him on MH$P a few years later and was able to bring him home again! He’s now safly ensconced in the Home Herd and won’t be going anywhere (except a photo show or two). Continue reading →

Samuel

Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:00 am
Samuel

Samuel

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Saddlebred (G2)
Color: Black Tobiano
Gallery: Tobiano
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted and Sold Nov 2003

Okay, so per the paperwork the buyer’s name was Samuel and I have no idea what the horse’s name was. That’s what I get for loosing track of my notes! :P Continue reading →

Checkerbox Tequila

Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:00 am
Checkerbox Tequila

Checkerbox Tequila

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Saddlebred (G2)
Color: Red Chestnut
Gallery: Chestnut
Medium: Prismacolor Pencils, Acrylics
Status: Painted 2001? and Home Herd

Ah Checkerbox, my very first attempt at a Hackney Pony custom of the Saddlebred mold (but certainly not my last!) Continue reading →

Scoville’s Ghost

Posted on December 21, 2011 at 6:00 am
Scoville's Ghost

Scoville's Ghost

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Trotting Foal (G2)
Color: Bay Tobiano
Gallery: Tobiano
Medium: Acrylics and Pastels
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy is quite the show-off! He’s got a rich bay base, complex tobiano pattern, and a Sculpy base that has been covered in sand and train grass. It’s models like Ghost that remind me I might possibly know what I’m doing… and there’s nothing like sharp looking foal to kick in the ego. Continue reading →

Spock

Posted on December 14, 2011 at 6:00 am
Spock

Spock

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Saddlebred (G2)
Color: Black
Gallery: Black
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

Spock is a simple resculpt and I’m not sure if this guy was the first portrait horse I did or if it was Billy (another black lightbreed resculpt)– such are the joys of doing almost identical horses! Continue reading →

Catbird’s Fancy

Posted on December 7, 2011 at 6:00 am
Catbird's Fancy

Catbird's Fancy

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Arabian (G2)
Color: Golden Palomino
Gallery: Dilutes
Medium: Acrylics and Pastels
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This handsome fella was a custom order along with Magpie’s Six… and that’s as much information as I have on him so far. While his mane is slightly brighter than I’d like now, I’m going to pretended it was just washed really well for a show. Continue reading →

Senza Sordina

Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:00 am
Senza Sordina

Senza Sordina

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Andalusian (G2)
Color: Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics and Pastels
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy was a basic custom order along with the Add-a-Foal, Baby Grand. Not a whole lot else to be said for this little guy, since he’s a very simple bay. Always nice to paint something sans-chrome now and again! Continue reading →

Magpie’s Six

Posted on December 2, 2011 at 6:00 am
Magpie’s Six

Magpie’s Six

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Trotting Foal (G2)
Color: Palomino
Gallery: Dilutes
Medium: Acrylics and Pastels
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

“One for sorrow, Two for joy… Named after the old nusery rhyme, this pretty little gal was and Add-a-Foal for a custom palomino Arabian (Catbird’s Fancy) and is one of the better palominos I’ve done, I think. The color is nice and soft and there’s a lot of the baby coat fading that’s missing from most of my other foals. Continue reading →

Nachtlied

Posted on November 28, 2011 at 6:00 am
Nachtlied

Nachtlied

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Paso Fino (G2)
Color: Dark Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

Nachtlied Is German for ‘Night Song’ and this started the dark bay German silliness that followed in Nachtmaus and Nachtkatze. I know that these little guys are probably renamed as soon as they head out the door to their new owners, but coming up with names is one of my favorite parts of the process. Continue reading →

Nobody’s Fool

Posted on November 24, 2011 at 6:00 am
Nobody's Fool

Nobody's Fool

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Trotting Foal (G2)
Color: Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics and Pastels
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

Nobody is a simple resculpt, with some added feathering and smidge of epoxy added to his face to change the profile. He was created as part of a custom order– yet another unnamed foal that got a moniker post-sale (I just got bored of all the ‘Unnamed’ showing up in the galleries). Continue reading →

Elmhurst

Posted on November 17, 2011 at 6:00 am
Elmhurst - Thumbnail

Elmhurst Donation

Make: Morgen Kilbourn (Artist’s Website)
Scale: Medallion
Mold: Elmhurst Medallion
Color: Dark Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics (Liquitex Gesso, Ivory Black, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber, Green, Turquoise, Blue, FolkArt 662 Metallic Silver Sterling) and Pastels (Sargent Art Earthtone Chalk Pastels)
Status: Painted October 2011 and Donated

This little guy was painted as a portrait of Elmhurst as a fundraising donation to Our Mims Retirement Haven. You can see the WiP posts for him here: Part 1, Part 2.

Right now the plan is for Old Mims to auction them off sometime around Thanksgiving, but I’ll keep everyone in the loop! Continue reading →

Epona’s Chimera

Posted on October 28, 2011 at 6:00 am
Epona's Chimera

Epona's Chimera

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Morgan (G2)
Color: Bay Brindle
Gallery: Other Color
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy was a custom order for a color I had never painted before… and to be fair I’m not sure that he really counts as having painted one now. *pokes horse* I ended up with something that looks a little too much like a tiger and not enough like an actual brindle pattern. Continue reading →

Unnamed Portrait Foal

Posted on October 27, 2011 at 6:00 am
Unnamed Portrait Foal

Unnamed Portrait Foal

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Trotting Foal (G2)
Color: Black Tobiano
Gallery: Tobiano
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little gal (guy?) was a custom ordered portrait horse… but that’s all the notes I have on her right now. Once I figure out who she is, I’ll come back and update the name and the description. Continue reading →

Baby Grand

Posted on October 26, 2011 at 6:00 am
Baby Grand

Baby Grand

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Trotting Foal (G2)
Color: Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics and Pastels
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy was an Add-a-Foal for an Andalusian custom order (Senza Sordina) and is a nice plain bay without any chrome. As soon as I can track down my notes I’ll come back and add in more information, but for now—he’s just a Baby Grand struttin’ his stuff in the pasture. Continue reading →

Smokey’s Shadow

Posted on October 13, 2011 at 6:00 am
Smokey's Shadow

Smokey's Shadow

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Quarter Horse (G2)
Color: Dark Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

I’m pretty fond of the way this little guy came out. He’s a simple dark bay with just the slightest bit of a resculpt to make him stand out from the crowd (the flipped tail). He was named in homage of titular horse from Smoky the Cow Horse by Will James. Continue reading →

Piano Adagio

Posted on October 6, 2011 at 6:00 am
Piano Adagio

Piano Adagio

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Andalusian (G2)
Color: Dark Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

Most of my Andalusian customs have a musical bent and this little guy is no different. Piano means ‘softly’ and Adagio means ‘at ease’ so this fella is dancing to a soft, slow melody. Continue reading →

Meadowlands Lafayette

Posted on September 29, 2011 at 6:00 am
Meadowlands Lafayette

Meadowlands Lafayette

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Saddlebred (G2)
Color: Rose Gray (Bay going Gray)
Gallery: Dilutes
Medium: Acrylics, Prismacolor Pencils
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little gal is an example of why I offer full refunds on custom orders—I’m never quite sure what I can pull off and what’s outside of my range. In this case dapple gray was a step too far, but the person who ordered her kept her anyways. (Brave soul!) Continue reading →

Indigo Dancer

Posted on September 22, 2011 at 6:00 am
Indigo Dancer

Indigo Dancer

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Warmblood (G2)
Color: Dark Bay Tobiano
Gallery: Tobiano
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little guy’s name came from the fact that he started out life as a deep purple tobiano– you could still see a little bit of the tint left, once I went back in and modified the color, but only if you were looking for it. Continue reading →

Night Life

Posted on September 15, 2011 at 6:00 am
Night Life

Night Life

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Saddlebred (G2)
Color: Black Chestnut
Gallery: Chestnut
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little gal is one of my many Hackney Pony resculpts from the saddlebred mold. It was one of my favorite customizing options (after the draft crosses) because it made such a visual jump from the original model. Continue reading →

Holly

Posted on September 8, 2011 at 6:00 am
Holly

Holly

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Scrambling Foal (G2)
Color: Bay Minimal Tobiano
Gallery: Tobiano
Medium: Acrylics and Pastels
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

I did this same pose, first with Jumpin’ Jehosaphat and then Squishy. This little guy was the last custom order I did with this reculpt, but I’m thinking of giving it one more try… this time with the correct resculpting done. Continue reading →

Subtle Magic

Posted on September 1, 2011 at 6:00 am
Subtle Magic

Subtle Magic

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Saddlebred (G2)
Color: Dark Bay
Gallery: Bay
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

Magic was the result of another round of ‘every color on every mold’ and is the dark bay entry in said contest. It might not be the most creative way to expand my galleries, but it was good for getting over ‘painter’s block’ and using up bodies. Continue reading →

Scatcat

Posted on August 28, 2011 at 6:00 am
Scatcat

Scatcat

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Arabian (G2)
Color: Bay Tovero
Gallery: Other
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

In theory this little guy could exist, but there’s a high probability that he’s closer to the fantasy side of the house (like Corporeal Twist). With two blue eyes, one dark leg, and the requisite cat-tracks—he’s ready to light up a shelf and I’m hoping he’s still dancing the night away. Continue reading →

Midnight Thunder

Posted on August 25, 2011 at 6:00 am
Midnight Thunder

Midnight Thunder

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Shire (G2)
Color: Black Sabino
Gallery: Sabino
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

Thunder has had his face resculpted to a more roman nose and is painted in a shaded black sabino. The shadings are hard to see here, but there’s just a hint of brown and blue in the coat. Continue reading →

Moonlight Dancing

Posted on August 24, 2011 at 6:00 am
Moonlight Dancing

Moonlight Dancing

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Saddlebred (G2)
Color: Black Tobiano
Gallery: Tobiano
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?

This little gal has been resculpted into a light draft cross with his face thickened, feathering added, and mane and tail replaced. I wish I’d done the tail a little thicker, but overall she turned out pretty well. Continue reading →