Hello out there. I am attempting to paint horses and need some advice. I have base coated the figure in white and highlighted with brown splotches but it still looks really blah. How can i spice this up a bit? The horse is going to be used in a western diorama with a sioux warrior on it. Any and all advice will be appriciated. thanks.

stu

OK, really old technique, but it still works.

Paint the horse overall in a light acrylic (white, light gray, tan), then use darker oil paint over the acrylic. Spot it on, then wipe it in the direction of hair growth. Horses are often lighter on the underside (like aircraft), so keep that in mind.

An Indian paint may not be the best one to start on. You might want to try with a more solid-colored horse first.

A few of mine.







The last one, a dapple, did not come out as well as I would have liked.

thanks for the advice i am going to give it a shot later tommorrow.