Wednesday 4 May 2016

New Start

It's been a long, long, long time since I last posted. Through a mix of work, money issues, and lack of time, I unwillingly took a forced break from the hobby. I' finished my last day of work last week, and all though I will miss it sorely, I am looking forward to reacquainting myself with the hobby-world and catching up. I feel like I've missed a lot!


Tuesday 3 February 2015

Annie

I complete this late last year, but forgot to share it. A portrait of my best friend's old loan mare who recently past. I have some fond memories of this chestnut TB, including the time she kicked me in the stomach .. mares, hey?

I really hope you like it, Zoe xx


Tuesday 18 November 2014

Sculpting again!

It's my first time being in a sculpting-mood for a long long time, so here's today's little update. My twisty jumping mare finally has the base for her feet and has been cooked! I can now start working on her with my Apoxie Sculpt to build up the muscle, mane and tail, the hooves, and her face. So maybe I'll be more enthusiastic about working on her now?




Friday 7 November 2014

Big Butts

Thought I'd share this little chap I've been working on recently. I've altered his topline (smoothing out his withers and addling some junk to the trunk), hacked off his mane, and filled out his profile until just touching a roman nose. He's close, but not quite done yet.


Sunday 19 October 2014

Hunter Trials @ The Glebe

Last Sunday, the East Sussex and Romney Marsh Hunt held some hunter trials at small course near my house, The Glebe, Burwash, and of course I went along to take photos (the grandma in tow as well!). Despite living a 10 minute walk from the place, Nan has never been to a trials, and I'm happy to say she enjoyed herself (and got stuck climbing over one of the fences). 


After an early lunch in the food/raffle/entry tent, we sent off for a course walk as the Junior Pairs class finished off. Then it was Juniors, Open Pairs, and then the Open classes. Pairs is such fun to watch, listening to the riders talking to each other and the horses running together! There were some really gorgeous horses, including two that the Grissells drove over from Brightling.  

But now, onto some photos! The rest can be viewed here.















Sunday 5 October 2014

G2 Appaloosas

Sundays and Tuesdays are my days off from work (posting about that soon, as I've recently asked if I can take my camera up and photograph the horses on my lunch break, to which the reply was yes) so I like to spend these days doing hobby or art related things. I found a pair of Stablemate Appaloosas in my bodybox today and felt inspired to do some resculpting before my mid-day driving lesson. Please excuse the black-and-white photos, they were looking a little worse-for-wear and the greyscale helps them look half decent!

The first chap is my first go at this scale plaits (I may have posted him a week or so ago?). He still needs his forelock, tail, manly parts, and details, but I think he looks like a nice show horse.


The second is marginally less simple, yet still not too complex, shifting forward a gear to a nice medium trot. I've only done the basic moving, it still needs refining and re-shaping a little. The original plan was to re-sculpt and dish the face, pin the ears, replace the mane with long, flowing locks, and an arabian tail thrown back over the quarters. However, I think he would now make a cute little dressage horse, with a slightly roman profile, pulled mane and plaited tail. And I'm also growing attached to this original-finish tail. Sigh, indecision. And in an indecisive strop, he jumped off the table and threw his hind leg 'somewhere' across my art-room floor. Anyway, he still needs his forelock, tail, privates, and details, and then to be raised up on an acrylic rod to get his feet off the ground into the 'moment-of-suspension'. 




And to fuel my current resculpting love, hobbyist Mia Dyb Wangsmo has been posting photoshopped images of the Breyer stock photo all over the Facebook group as inspiration. This could be a good week for me and my apoxie!
(Below photos credited to Mia Dyb Wangsmo)


Sunday 21 September 2014

Artwork Commission Open

Just a little blog/life update. I have a few re-worked stablemates on the go. They will be for sale as blanks by the end of this week. I've also been working on the new sculpture, though I haven't got very far as I've been on trial for a new job, which is exciting! They'll be a 'new-job' post at the end of this week hopefully!

In between my work-time, model-time, and sleepy-time, I've been working on my artwork portfolio, in order to apply for a tattoo apprenticeship in a few years. You can follow my progress on my Instagram (I've posted a few examples below).

Also, my pencilwork commission books are OPEN for horse/animal portraits, people portraits, and tattoo designs. Feel free to get in touch.