Oops! Forgot!!

Just realized I never shared the completed pictures of Zippo's Jet!
This boy is a mildly CM'd loose mane and tail version Strapless to a gelding. He was then painted in oils and acrylics to a chestnut sabino as a portrait of Zippo's Jet, a lovely young show horse.

Without further ado! Here he is:

Summer Fun

Just a quick update, and then it's back to work!
I'm still alive! Just been in and out of the house all summer. But I completed a commission, am about 40% done on another, and another 40% and 30% done on another two for another customer... Also working on prepping a few "studio" horses for the fall if and when I get a breather during school.
The summer isn't finished, and neither am I! Hopefully my next update finds me with all outstanding commissions completed and maybe a sales horse or two to offer. :D
Have a great summer, everyone!
~SB

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

March Updates!

So! I've returned from a wonderful end-of-the-week in California at the UC-Davis California Dreamin' SAVMA Symposium for us veterinary students with a hankerin to get stuff done!

Unfortunately, tests still take priority... But I am making a commitment to blog and update my yahoo group at least twice a month... Starting now!

So, while I should be studying for my Cardiology exam in the morning, I am taking a little study-break to bust back into the blogging business :D

I have a Mini Ziryab (sculpted by Stacey Tumlinson) in a luscious dapple grey all ready to go to a new home! See her on MH$P here: http://www.modelhorsesalespages.com/sales/view_details.asp?path=Gallery&id=839924

I am also working on a Rasha in a delicately insane (for me) rose grey that I can't WAIT to reveal to you guys!! I'm getting crazy with my painting!!! Watch out!

It's a good stress-relief and break from school, though... This wild-idea painting of mine.

I'm also still working on getting my previous and long-awaited commissions finished and sent out. Don't worry, ladies, I *am* working on your models! With Spring Break around the corner, I'm hoping to get some stuff done! And our elective classes start soon, too, which means I'll have a little more free time in the afternoons!

So! Don't give up on me yet! I'm making a real effort this time!

Until next week! Many happy trails to everyone!
~SB

MIA lately, trying to come back!

Hey blogger-followers...

School has been extremely distracting, but starting next week, this semester will officially be over and I will only have work to occupy my mind!

So!!
MODEL TIME!!!

I plan to update my YahooGroup (rockingship_studios) and then get cracking on finishing up all customer and donation projects that have been stewing for some time now.

Then I'll start cranking out any painted pretties that I can before school starts again in January! AND!! I have a sculpture in the works! More on that will be in my Yahoo Group (once I get it UTD, lol)

Short post today, but I'll try harder to be in contact with my model friends! :D

Cheers!
~Sara

In the Midst of School!

Hello all!

Well, LSU SVM has officially started, so that means that painting time is going to be a rare treat for me for a while. :(

However, the Gaucho I am working on for TIBBP is on the verge of completion! As is the Cognac!

I also have a few customer orders that are coming along quite nicely, and I hope to have them shipping out to their owners within a reasonable amount of time.

As far as sales pieces go, I may have a customized Ashley-to-mule-foal available soon, or a Breyer Traditional scale American Saddlebred stallion with a customized mane and tail... It will depend entirely on how much I can do how soon and which one inspires me first!

The Mini Ziryab to a light dapple possibly fleabitten grey is still in the works, as is her more heavily dappled friend, the AA Mini Striking Out Arabian.

I'll try to keep everyone posted as I finish them!

I hope everyone is doing well!
~Sara

Whew! What a Summer it's been!

Hey guys!

Sorry for such a long delay between this post and last. It's been a pretty hectic summer!

I've been organizing, packing, calling, and e-mailing all over the place as I get ready for my transition from a living-at-home-with-my-parents college undergraduate to a moving-out-on-my-own LSU Veterinary student!

Needless to say, it's been extra-special nuts!

On the live-horse front, Valentine is doing well, but we've sent two horses away this summer. Sasha has gone to live in Oregon to help with her COPD, and Cher, the sweet little pony, and daughter of the first equine I ever rode, was sent to the Greener Pastures this past weekend after a good fight with laminitis and age. We'll miss your attitude, your kisses, your need to constantly be beneath the hose, and the way you ruled your horses. Love you, Cher.

On the home front, besides the packing and organizing, I'm finally getting around to making my pony pouches! Yay! Just in time for storage... >.< *sigh* Oh well, you win some, you lose some.

Then on the painting front, I've almost completed five more horses! Three commissions and two donations. I'll post here and to my Yahoo group when the donations go up for sale. They're both for TIBBP - The International Blessed Broodmare Project -- an organization filled with wonderful people who are simply trying to move mountains, one bucket at a time.

I also have some new customs in the works, as well as a few painted resins and an original sculpture in the works! I'm hoping to get most of them done before my semster begins mid-August! Wish me luck!

Anyway, that's pretty much it for the update!

Hope everyone is doing well!
~Sara