In the Studio - Spots and Sparkles

I've just realized I haven't done a post here in over a month. August ended up being a really busy for me, especially since I managed to do a trip to see the eclipse, but hopefully I'll have a bit more time to work on horses now.


Diamond Ring just before totality in Grand Island, Nebraska

Hopefully I'll also have some more substantial posts finished soon, but for now, here's a quick update on the two Truffles I'm painting:

The bay leopard appaloosa artist's proof is slowly coming along. This is a picture of what he looked like once I finished the layout of his spots:

Next I went over him with a thin layer of warm white. Now I'm going back over the spots with varying shades of black and brown, leaving a thin halo around a lot of the spots. This is what he looked like this morning:

The unicorn's body color is almost done. For a touch of sparkle (because I think all unicorns need at least a touch of sparkle) I'm incorporating some interference colors. I'm not going to go too overboard (although it's tempting) I'm only adding just enough to give him a nice sheen:

It's unfortunately too cloudy for the sparkle to show up well today. What's left of Hurricane Harvey is making its way into the area so this was the best I could do between bouts of rain.