This is only the second acrylic painting I have done in my life, so I shouldn't really complain, but this just doesn't seem to be working for me.
I guess I will get round to finishing it eventually, but it has had so many problems that for the moment I think I just need to put it aside for a while. I think the main problem is that the canvas is the wrong shape and so the horse looks like he is falling out of the picture.
Well, there are exciting times ahead for me towards the beginning of next week. On 13th October I have two paintings up for auction in the States. It is to raise money for the Churchill Animal Protection Society http://www.capsnv.org It will be the first time any of my paintings have been up for auction and I'm interested to know how they do.
The one the left is a second version of a painting I did previously of Mephisto. It is similar to the previous painting, but the colours are quite different. The one on the right is a painting of a horse called Aladin. They are both mixed media paintings - watercolour and pastel.
The 15th October marks the start of the "Interpretations" exhibition on the website of the Equine Art Guild http://www.equineartguild.com The two paintings I have entered for that exhibition are on a previous post so I won't bother to insert them here. This marks the first time that my paintings have gone on public show!
Well, I think this is largely finished now. Not alot has changed but I finished the cheek and darkened the mane. On the whole I'm fairly happy with it.
Not a whole lot new to show. I've been working on the hollow areas around the eye, and am taking a top down approach to this. There are some really tricky folds around the eye, but it is coming along slowly. Ice is a relatively old horse and as horses get older their eyes become more "sunken" into the skull. This is what I am trying to portray with this painting of his eye - I also want to catch the kind gentle personality. Anyway, here is the update! Still more to do...
