Tales From a Messy Workbench!
Some fantasy dolphins love to stand out, but this little guy is all about blending into the oceans deep. With a marbled flow of the currents and the splash of seafoam white his impression of a wave has everyone fooled! An almost-twin to Dolphin #001, his pattern is modeled after the Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus). These…
Sometimes you need a little bit of whimsy in the realistic lineup and this tiny little guy was it! (Amusingly I bought the TOOB of animals back in December of 2013, but I didn’t finish painting him until this January! Procrastinating artist is procrastinating.) He is a Pronghorn Buck from the Safari Ltd North American Wildlife TOOB (697004) and…
Make: Breyer Scale: Stablemate Mold: Andalusian (G2) Color: Orange Faux-Quail (Northern Bobwhite) Gallery: Darwin Medium: Liquitex Artist Color Acrylics (Gesso, Cadmium Orange, Mars Black, Brilliant Orange) and Sargent Art Chalk Pastels Status: Painted July 2013 and Donated to Big Orange Bash I had good intentions with this year’s donation to the Big Orange Bash, but…
Make: Breyer Scale: Stablemate Mold: Shetland Pony (G2) Color: Red and Black Ladybug Gallery: Darwin Medium: Acrylics Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200? Bringing a new high to truth in advertising, this little guy is just what he says on the tin. Based on the Coccinella septempunctata seven-spot pattern, Ladybug is leaning more towards ‘artistic…
Make: Breyer Scale: Stablemate Mold: Cantering Foal (G2) Color: Tricolor Collie Gallery: Darwin Medium: Acrylics Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200? Payson’s Lad was painted as a match to Lassie Come Lately and is named for one of the collies owned by Albert Payson Terhune. Terhune wrote a whole host of books about the rough…