Unbridled Perspective

A few years ago, I rode this quarter horse gelding that captured my heart. He had some vices, but he and I were buddies. I still miss Zack, and consider him one of my favourite horses. So I decided I wanted to try painting him.

I really enjoyed painting Doc, one of Rachel’s horses, so I ended up trying to paint one for myself as well. I used a ceramic horse I had picked up at a yard sale. It had a chipped ear. Initially, painting on finished ceramic was more frustrating, but he turned out well.

Sometimes I like to see what would happen if I painted teeny tiny horses. And sometimes I get it in my head to see what a miniature My Little Pony toy would look like if I painted it as a normal horse.

Here they all are.

So I went to Winnipeg – well, the country really – a little over a month ago.

As always, I looked for birds.

Here is my catch, so to speak. 🙂

A few months back someone came to me asking if I would be willing to paint her horses on Schleich figurines.

And so I went out in search of four unique models that reminded me of body shapes for each horse.

I painted four horses in total: Guinness, Doc, Pippin, and Bubbles.

Guinness

Doc

Pippin

Bubbles

Here they all are together:

I have a friend who loves a flea bitten grey, so I decided to try giving that colouring a shot.

Well, I failed miserable.

However, it turned out pretty cool lookin, even if it’s closer to being an appaloosa than a flea bitten grey.

I used a cheap no-name toy horse. I was actually super impressed by the muscle tone on the toy.

So my friend Beth asked me if I would shoot some pregnancy photos for her… but with her pony! How could I ever say no to seeing Beth AND Taurie?

These are my favourites.

I found another cheap plastic toy Clydesdale at yet another thrift store. This one had a whole at the top of its tail, but we filled it in and sanded it down before I started working on it. Instead of a blood bay, I worked with a basic brown colour, as I would like my Clydesdales to be individuals. 🙂

I was happy with how he turned out. I am especially fond of his shoes.

Here is a side by side comparison with the blood bay Clydesdale that I made previously. 🙂

So about ten years ago, the movie My Friend Flicka, an old western from 1943, was remade for today’s world.

I never watched it. I was a huge fan of the original movie, and in fact the original book. I just really didn’t want to ruin the wonderful movie from my childhood by watching a gender swapped remake that probably felt nothing like the original.

I digress.

Breyer came out with Flicka related horses, and I managed to get my hands on one of them. I repainted it as Flicka should look from the movie in 1943.

I’m not happy with how the chestnut colour came out, but once I put some tack on her, she looked a lot better.

I’ve since replaced the English tack with Western.

Flicka is not my favourite custom. In the future I might redo her.