Autumn Colours

This week, on instagram I did a few days of intense posting around the thema "Autumn Colours"!
A brief but vibrant time of year that I love with all my heart! Autumn really is my favorite season on all aspects...

Do you like that as much as me?

Here's some of the shootings involved:

-the LIGHT the MARE and the HEAVY (2017) - French Alps.
https://andreamofspots.blogspot.fr/2017/11/the-light-mare-heavy.html

-ACRES WILD (2017) - Rustrel Provençal Colorado, France.
https://andreamofspots.blogspot.fr/2017/11/acres-wild.html

-FALL'S SUNSET, AND WINTER AT DAWN (2017) - Pontis/Selonnet, France.
https://andreamofspots.blogspot.fr/2018/01/falls-sunset-and-winter-at-dawn.html

Wich one do you like best? Would you like to see more Autumn Colours?
Will do another recap on another thema next month for sure!

Mountain Lions

 

 

Safari!

Halloween

This week, on instagram I did a few days of intense posting around the thema "Halloween"!
With a highlight on one of the most difficult shooting I ever did at the Dieweg Graveyard, wich is one of my favorite known place! I topped it with a bunch of Amira dressed for Halloween in 2016.

Do you like that as much as me?

 

The shooting, that still holds a special place in my heart:

-MEET YOU AT THE GRAVEYARD (2018) - Dieweg Graveyard (Bruxelles) & Brugge's Graveyard
http://andreamofspots.blogspot.com/2018/10/meet-you-at-graveyard.html

 Horses dressed for Halloween, long time ago...

Will do another recap on another thema next month for sure!

the Mood Board - Choosing your horse portrait!

Yesterday I posted the portrait Sue Kern did for me of my gelding, Excalibur.
The search was difficult because it's not that easy to found a sculpture that looks like him. So, as far I did with Amira for her portraits, I choose on a "mood board". So I searched for a resin that have an attitude and body langage that reminded me of my pony.

I also wanted a Eberl resin, painted by Sue to match my Amira portrait n°2. So the two resins would kinda belong together.
If I see Amira galloping freely with energy in a field when I close my eyes, I see more Excalibur "showing off" in front of other horses (or sleeping in a corner, wich is less epic).

Of course, the best of the best, for both my horses would be to have original sculptures, I really wish this dream can come true one day or another, but waiting for that opportunity I'm really glad with how I managed to run thoses portraits on the closest look.

 See the "mood board"

For me that trotting lipizzaner, if you close your eyes on the lenght of the head, is pretty close. The body is really the same, the attitude too. Sue did a more fitting tail and reworked the head a bit.

Also, thoses two portraits were never introduced to their equine counterpart...

Now it's done! - And I like that!

And you, how would you choose a model for a portrait?

Excalibur

Excalibur

Artist Resin Custom (paintjob&modifications by Sue Kern) on "Trotting Lipizzaner": OOAK. Customised and painted in 2022 and sculpted by Brigitte Eberl.
Colour: Bay, Pintaloosa // Breed: Appaloosa x Saddle horse (with piebald factor)

Gender: Gelding.

Moonshine

Moonshine
Breyer Premiere OF (designed by Tammy Myrold) on "Forever Sage" mold. Released in 2015 and sculpted by Kristina Lucas Francis.
Colour: Grulla, Blanket Pattern // Breed: Mustang.
Gender: Mare.