Horse painting SBS part II

[Ron Tamburrini]

Think he used blue black , back to the green horse ; If you use raw umber as your base and yellow for highlights you get an olive green horse but im sure you found that out the same way as me

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Little update.
Finished the sheepskin shabraque , added a blaze to the horse head and some work to the eyes reins and head harness , horse shoes and a minor fix to the rear right leg fetlock and stocking and I will call this done .

 

[kagemusha]

Think he used blue black , back to the green horse ; If you use raw umber as your base and yellow for highlights you get an olive green horse but im sure you found that out the same way as me

My experience was rather strange....it was an airbrush piece....can only assume there was some kind of reaction between 2 varieties of acrylics (Scale 75/Vallejo)....always a surprise waiting around the corner in this hobby!

Nice update....looking mighty fine

 

[billyturnip]

Del done a blue one once but what do expect from a rangers supporter

However I frequently use Partick Thistle colours when painting horses.

 

[Ferris]

That looks very nice Ron. Thanks for the SBS.

I have a rather basic question as a non-oils painter....what size and type brush did you use for this work?

Thanks,
Adrian

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Adrian
I use mainly 8-10 filberts for application and lifting off , also a bit of foam ,and I will go down to a zero for detail re head harness
and a couple of makeup blushers .
Although the pic shows only two filberts I would probably use about six , changing to fresh ones as the become saturated with oil in the lifting off of the paint . The use of the bit of foam helps reduce the number of brushes as you get a lot of the paint off quickly .

Part I shows more detail of the process

 

[chippy]

Added this to Bookmark Ron , I hope you'r not expecting any royalties . Great stuff I hope to get around to a couple of horses in the next few weeks .
chippy

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Added this to Bookmark Ron , I hope you'r not expecting any royalties . Great stuff I hope to get around to a couple of horses in the next few weeks .
chippy

Hi Gordon , hope it is of some use

 

[Huw63]

Great job on this SBS Ron - very educational for everyone. Looking forward to seeing more soon.

Cheers

Huw

 

[Ferris]

Thanks Ron for the info.

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[kevin]

Ron, thanks for this sbs and part 1, You have covered brown & white horses, but what colour paints would you use for a black horse?


Kevin

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Now you are asking

I would use a mix of Mars black and Burnt umber about 75-25% on the black side , but remember this is oils so the mix is not precise and some variation would occur when I started applying the paint to the model and just go with the flow .
I have four blacks I use . Ivory, Mars, Lamp and blue black , you have to be careful with the latter though ; only a very little goes miles so just a touch for the main and tail

 

[Ybrossculpts]

Awesome as usual Ron, many thanks for the sbs.
Chris.

 

[kevin]

Thanks for the info Ron, So you still use the sand undercoat to start ? and what about highlighting the horse, what do add to the base colour?


Kevin

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Thanks for the info Ron, So you still use the sand undercoat to start ? and what about highlighting the horse, what do add to the base colour?


Kevin

Kevin I used Naples yellow deep