painting horses eyes

[badger]

looking for advice or articles on painting horses eyes,i am working on a scots grey at waterloo and am about to paint the horses eyes,need some advice, thank you/badger

 

[billyturnip]

This might help a bit.

 

[Oda]

Very interesting posting!

Oda.

 

[billyturnip]

Also look at photos or the real thing and paint what you see, second nature to paper and canvas artists but often overlooked by painters like us.

 

[Nap]

On my AC model of ahorse and WW1 Cavalryman , I also added liquin as the final finish ...seemed to really bring it to life

Nap

 

[franceso sbarile]

Thank so much Roger, very intersting.
Francesco

 

[billyturnip]

Thank so much Roger, very intersting.
Francesco

You're welcome Francesco, I got it from here, vixentheangryfox.deviantart.com/

 

[badger]

thank you,grateful./badger

 

[Jim]

Thanks for that tip!

 

[theBaron]

Note that you don't see much of the white of the horse's eye, either, under most circumstances.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Ortigara]

Fundamental tip that I learned from master Danilo Cartacci:
Remember that the eyes of an horse move parallely, just like (as a general rule) for human beings. That implies that if one pupil is moved on one side (e.g. the part of the orbit that is closer to the front part of the head, where the nostrils are) the other pupil will be on the OTHER side (in the example, on the part of the orbit which is closer to the back of the head, where the ears are).
This is the same as with humans: if I look to the left I will have my right pupil closer to the nose and my left pupil on the side which is closer to the ears and NOT close to the nose).
Oh my god I hope I made my point clear, rereading it sounds terribly complex but it is indeed easy!
Regards,
Alessandro

 

[billyturnip]

Ok I think I've got it.

 

[Ortigara]

Ahahah, then forget it!

 

[billyturnip]

Ahahah, then forget it!

Only joking Alessandro, it makes perfect sense.

 

[John Bowery]

Roger,
Thanks for the great links.
Cheers
John

 

[badger]

I went crosseyed reading it,ha ha , thank you/badger

 

[clrsgt]

Good little tutorial.

 

[Buckledresin]

got a few horse kits to do sometime and this will help a lot thanks for posting