Another foal painting, wip.

After much ado, I'm painting again. We took two weeks to get ready for a show, it was outdoors, and we got rained out. Then we went through medical crisis and now we're back to normal again!

I started this little guy, thinking he'd fit into a 5x7 frame with a mat, he's all ready outgrown the space I'd given him so he's going to be a little bigger.

This is another two color painting. Using cerulean and orange with white. I guess I'm hooked on this for while!
donna

Scratchin' It, Foals scratching each other's backs.

Got this started last night. I'm using cerulean blue and orange, acrylic. It's 8X10". On gessoed hardboard.

This two color combo has got me intrigued right now. It's so simple to go from cool colors to warm colors, to dark to light. And the range of colors from these two is quite amazing, yet you have such harmony in the colors. It's quite fun. :)

This painting goes very well with Stretchin' It as they're kind of the same theme of foals and what they do when they're in the pasture. They also fit together because they're the same size and the same coloring. They'd look great hanging on each side of a larger painting of a western theme.

Since these paintings are created with complementary colors, the eye perceives them as being a neutral grey, so they'd look good in almost any setting.

Of course, as you can see, Scratchin' It is still a work in progress, I'd better get busy on it and get it finished!

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There's more foal paintings and equine art on my website. You can also order the buckskin horse prints there with your credit cards and easy paypal payments.

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Donna

Big Baby, 2

I have to say, I've never had a painting go through such intense ugliness as this one did before I got it looking like I wanted it! I was going to throw it away at one point, then decided to gesso over a bunch of it and start over. Thank goodness for gesso.

This foal and his dam looked like Haflinger's to me, we found them near Ovando, the day we went over Huckleberry Pass. They seemed to belong to a pack string of close to one hundred horses and mules. They were cute with their white, creamy looking manes blowing in the wind.

You can purchase this original for $99 or an 8x10" print for $25. The original is approx 7.5x9". It's watercolor on gessoed mat board.

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Once again, there's more horse paintings on my website.

He's Stretchin' It

I used three colors, orange, cerulean blue and burnt sienna on this painting. I think it made a kind of different, neat effect. It's totally complementary colors so it seems to pop, even though it has a limited color palette.

It's an acrylic, which I don't do very often. But I did have fun with it.

He'll probably show up on my website for $350, professionally framed, or you can purchase him here by getting in touch with me.

As always, you can see more horse art on my website. Thanks for stopping by and leave a comment if you find it in your heart. :)
donna