Unbridled Perspective

So I went a bit bid-happy on eBay leading up to Christmas, knowing that I wanted to paint larger Breyer model horses. The only problem was that shipping to Canada is ridiculously expensive these days, what with our crappy dollar.

However, I had something wonderful at my disposal. I have a friend in Florida and I was planning on visiting her in the new year.

So when I won auction after auction, I sent them all to my friend. Shipping within the US is a lot easier on my wallet, and I ended up wrapping all the horses in my clothes for my return trip. Bonus: this also stopped me from being able to spend too much money on souvenirs.

While I had a mini-herd of Breyer horses, I had no access to them.

I went on Kijiji and found a decent Breyer model for sale in Toronto. The lady was kind enough to take Paypal and sent him to me via the mail. I received a Sham mold, painted as Best Choice, Arabian. He would have been made in 1997.

I once knew a horse that was, at least part, Arabian. His name was Blue. So I decided I’d try to paint Blue for my first Traditional size horse.

It was time to say goodbye to the first used Breyer horse I had purchased.

It didn’t take too long before I had prepped Sham so that he was ready to be painted.

You know what though? Mixing paint to get a chestnut colour was super hard. I wasn’t happy. At all.

Near the end, I realized I was missing yellow in my paint mixture. It was confusing because chestnut is a reddish brown, but there it was… clearly, I had needed yellow all along.

Truth be told, I’m still not happy with Blue. He could be a better colour. But he was the first one I had completed, and that was a feat all in itself.