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Any Skinner stamps with Alcohol Inks

2011-12-04T07:12:00.000-08:00

This a 5x7 glossy card with alcohol inks inspired by Andy Skinners technique of "dipping" into water with alcohol inks added...... I did this one, this way....
With a sponge wipe the card with SUGICAL SPIRIT, much cheaper than blending solution and as it is alcohol it does just the same job at a fraction of the cost. Apply inks with a sponge, brush whatever and the surgical spirit on the card allows some blending time when you apply it. This is then stamped with Andy Skinner Stamps

Snowman tag

2011-11-25T06:05:00.000-08:00

SNOWMAN TAG
A large tag at 18cm high, my first attempt at a blog challenge which can be found here
http://pinkleart.blogspot.com/2011/11/sunday-stamper-week-181-frosty-snowman.html
Resist snowflakes, covered with 2 shades of Blue Distress ink. A printable acetate snowman has been overlayed onto this with a stamped robin cutout with log, and extra snowflakes. This is the third tag i have made and i am very pleased with it .

CHESTNUT AND MEALY BAY STABLEMATES

2011-11-17T11:38:00.001-08:00

A lot more work done, he is just about finished, just the eyes left

CHESTNUT STABLEMATE CUSTOM

Mealy bay stablemate making progress

Half done

2011-11-14T11:20:00.001-08:00

Stablemates, on there way to being a mealy bay, dapple gray, red chestnut (top to bottom)

Barney

2011-11-14T11:16:00.001-08:00

Died on the 7th November, cant believe you are gone.

ATC for UKATC November

2011-11-14T11:14:00.001-08:00

ATC for the monthly swap held by the ukatc yahoo group.....The theme was green

Christmas ATC

2011-11-14T11:04:00.000-08:00

Three ATC christmas cards, all open and with a christmas verse inside, made for ATCforALL swap

2010-06-22T00:01:00.000-07:00

NOW LIVES IN GERMANY

BIG ARABIAN

2010-01-20T01:26:00.000-08:00

This is a huge resin - all i know is it was sculpted by Hieke Polster, i dont know his name but he is big. Look at little Jezebel at the side of him!!!!

HUCKLEBERRY BEY

2010-01-20T01:23:00.001-08:00

HUCKLEBERRY BAY
Custom huck bay done to a dapple/bloody shoulder grey. He is sold also which i found hard as i cannot get hold of another Huck body to do something grey for myself

JEZEBEL

2010-01-20T01:15:00.000-08:00

JEZEBEL Is for sale at $80 £50
Only $5 for the paintwork and that is a bargain

This is jezebel, i am very pleased with how she turned out. Most horses as you look around you are brown and chestnut. They are common, its what horses look like in the real world. So i made her as real as i could and i love her. CLICK ON PHOTOS TO TAKE TO A SUPERSIZE IMAGE TO EXAMINE HER FINISH IN MICROSCOPE DETAIL """On the side photo you will see two white specks on the quarters - they are not there in real life""""

Xtara Endurance mare as Araloosa

2009-10-08T12:02:00.000-07:00

Xtara is now finished and for sale a lot of time and effort has gone into making her as realistic as possible. She has all the appaloosa charachteristics that you would expect to find with a flawless finish. She is for sale at $270 the original asking price. The paintwork comes free.

Another one of lisa Sharpe's resins Xtara. An arab mare but people say she does not look like an arab? I don't know, i think in resins it seems they have to have dragon like heads

So she is going to be an Araloosa painted after a real one i have photos of

Dapple Grey Sarjeant Resin

2009-07-21T01:54:00.001-07:00

Here is Sarjeant now he is finished - he is going to live with Kristi. Also is a close up of his dapples i think they are quite natural looking. IF YOU CLICK ON THE PHOTOS IT WILL TAKE YOU TO A SUPERSIZE IMAGE SO YOU CAN LOOK IN DETAIL AT THE HAIRS ON THE DAPPLES

These are a couple of photos of the heavy horse Sarjeant resin in Dapple Grey.

I started this when i got him in November 08 i did a few hours for 3 days around 6 hours in total. then i put it in this box to keep the dust of and this is the first time it has been out since!!

I can honestly say Dapple Greys are beyond boring to do and if you dont want repetetive strain in your wrist then dont start one.

I quite like him though!

I'm a Sharpe Cutter in progress

2009-06-23T03:31:00.000-07:00

This resin is I'm a Sharp Cutter traditional scale resin horse sculpted by Lisa Sharpe from Canada. He is hid in the shed here because i cant admit i have spent another £100 ++++ on a silly horse! I have another of her resins due over shortly called Xtara. I want to do him black and white overo because i love that mix. but I have been trying not to as he will be for sale and it doesnt seem to be a saleable colour. I was going to stick to the overo pattern but do chestnut/sorrel instead, here is a picture with his white markings started as a guide to the pattern.

Started the Cutter and he is black and white, this is my second effort he has already been in the stripper once. This horse is out of hiding now and is allowed in the house!! To make room for my other secret purchases!!!
Black and white is not easy to do.

Myriad shades of grey are easy to SEE, Black comes in many shades and they are not easy to SEE or reproduce.

Or at least, i cant do it!.

This horse has brown hints that dont show up in any photos and parts that would be highligted i have burnished with graphite. Around 5 coats of white are on the body markings and it is still no where near covered.

I'M A SHARP CUTTER FINISHED

Working 40hr weeks takes a long time to finish anything but i really like this horse as an overo

Here his is with saddle and rider alas no bridle but i think he looks brill anyway