Although the majority of the models in the NaMoPaiMo Winners Circle are realistic colors, this year - like every year - there are also a significant number of fantasy and decorator pieces in the mix.
Longtime readers know that's not usually my jam. However, there are exceptions.
My two main goals for the year were: 1) hand-paint a horse with Golden high-flow acrylics and 2) paint a horse that looks like he could have stepped out of one of my art journals.
Considering two weeks ago I was ready to chuck him against the wall, I'm incredibly happy with how he turned out!
Once I leaned into the quirks of the high-flow paint and started painting more intuitively, he started to jive. I love doing dots and lines on gradient backgrounds in my journals, so this guy is like a 3-D art journal page.
He'll need to be glossed yet, but February in Minnesota is not the best time for that!
I definitely will be doing more of these journal-inspired horses in the future!
Congratulations, Andrea. It takes a lot to make me like a decorator, and I don't just like this guy, I love him. You are a winner!
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Lor' help me, I had a completely wrong idea of this horse's scale. For once I'm delighted to be wrong. He's beautiful.
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