Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Mid-April Update!

So the website is down for the moment, but it should re-awaken soon and is in the process of getting a bit of a face-lift! Yay!!! Many thanks to Theresa Sheridan for being such an awesome webmaster-person and assisting me in the intricacies of website upkeep. :D

As for the models, I am finally applying the white markings to a customer's long-awaited portrait of a lovely chestnut sabino(?) gelding on a gender-cm'd Strapless model. I "?" because he has a bald face, four white high-stockings which smatter out at the tops, and a white splotch on his underbelly, but that's it. And his tail and mane are solid... so he isn't tobiano... he could be a minimal white overo, I suppose... It appears I need to read up on classification of markings again! For shame! :/ Here's a picture of him, if anyone knows off the top of their head whether he's classified overo or sabino...













Also in the studio are a couple of commissions that have been patiently waiting for me to finish them! I feel so behind, it's embarrassing :( The International Blessed Broodmare Project has been so patient and kind to me as I start-and-stop and these fellas, and I want to thank them for that. The slightly CM'd Gaucho is finished, and the Cognac is what I will call 50% done... And then there's the TIBBP mare and foal plague that just needs a bit of minor detailing, and it will be complete as well!

I am also still diligently prepping a few pieces that will be up for sale, and a few that will be going into my personal collection. I'll post more as soon as these ladies and gents get a bit or color on them!

With Spring Break right around the corner, I hope to maintain this renewed pace in my studio, especially since most classes will end at noon from here on out, with just a few weeks of elective courses (mostly hands-on stuff) to occupy the afternoons (and hopefully end earlier than 5pm)!

I will be moving to a different abode in May, but I don't foresee this halting my progress, though it may slow it a tad. But with a new place comes a fresher outlook, and I should be steaming right along in no time!

With that in mind, I'd best get back to work!
Until next time!
~Sara