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Category Archives: Tobiano

This category covers any horse with the Tobiano pattern, from minimal to maximal expression. (No solid colors.)

Arizona Wanderer

Posted on July 28, 2010 at 8:13 am

Arizona Wanderer

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

This little guy was a custom order and one of the few gray horses that I have painted. His name comes from the fact that I was in the middle of painting him when I had an emergency trip to Arizona for a week. The customer was very understanding about the delay and I decided to name him in honor of the unexpected tangent. Continue reading →

Pure Malarkey

Posted on July 23, 2010 at 8:00 am

Pure Malarkey

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Thoroughbred (G2)
Color: Tobaino Smutty Dappled Buckskin
Gallery: Tobiano
Medium: Acrylics
Painted/Sold: Painted and Sold February 2004

Is this a realistic horse color? Probably not. Was it really really fun to paint anyway? YES!

This little gal was one of a pair (Angel’s Kiss is the other) of buckskin tobianos that I painted for a custom order. This was my first attempt at a smutty buckskin… and it’s not an easy color to pull off with acrylics! Continue reading →

Gumi Bear

Posted on July 12, 2010 at 5:36 am

Gumi Bear

Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Shetland Pony (G2)
Color: Bay Tobiano
Gallery: Tobiano
Medium: Acrylics and Pastels
Status: Painted 2005 and Sold Oct 2005

While I remember painting this guy in the midst of a ‘must paint ponies!’ tangent, I don’t remember much about him other than that. He was painted towards the end of my run as a small business and thus benefits from good photos and pastel shadings. Continue reading →

Wet Paint

Posted on June 29, 2010 at 8:00 am

Wet Paint

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

Someday I will figure out why on earth the white is getting so washed out in the photos when the rest of the horse is coming out right! (arg) Continue reading →