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Leaping Horse #19
I grew up reading old horse books like Black Tiger and Blaze Face and there’s something about a midwest pony that just yanks me back into those long lazy summers! This leaping pony was painted to a dark dapple gray with a very minimal green background and historically inaccurate warpaint. The markings are based on things […]
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Leaping Horse #18
Sure, chestnut mares might have a bad rap, but don’t let the cute blue eyes fool you, this little palomino murder pony is out for blood! And it’s easy to see why… she’s been tumbling around in the ‘to be painted’ her for years! I finally finished her up during the April 2021 spring cleaning […]
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Leaping Horse #16
Up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… THUNDER PONY! 😂 Sometimes when casting with plaster things don’t come out quite right. In this case, the cast was much too thin and would most likely have broken when someone tried to move it. Thus this little guy got a nifty wooden background […]
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Leaping Horse #12
Not every broken cast makes it out of the trash bin, but this little fella made it all the way to the beach! The original plaster and wood glue cast took a dive off my workbench back in 2015. I glued what was left of him down to the wooden speech bubble, added a faux-sand […]
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Leaping Horse #17
This handsome fella is a matte black tobiano with blue eyes and a pinked nose on a background of glossy blue pseudo-mountains! I started painting this little guy in October 2016 and five long years later, I finished him up in April 2021 as part of my spring cleaning jumpstart. He’s been sealed in multiple […]