I got rather annoyed with the horses this morning, scrubbed off 80% of the colour I'd put on, rinsed the whole thing off in the tub, and suddenly I liked it rather a lot better!  (Biggest thing I like about Claybord is that it will take this kind of abuse.  I'm mean to my art.. probably why my occasional sculpting jags are so therapeutic; getting ( Read more... )

 Sticking with a resolution for a whole two days in a row.

Clear masking isolates the horses' legs from the water, allowing me to scrub out highlights.  The texture work on the horses is done with a toothbrush.. *spatter spatter*.. and a sponge.  In person it looks rather like a bird egg, which I like.  It needs more darks, though.. I am such a ( Read more... )

I am Most Resolute; and this being the case, I'm going to stick progress updates here.. that way, they're staring me in the face (rawr) and I have to keep right on doing something about them!

From here down is pretty much just process nerdery; and unless you're into that sort of thing like I am, you're welcome to, you know, not read it.

In the upper- ( Read more... )