Belgians in the Field and other Daily Paintings

Original Oil Paintings by Sue Steiner

For several months now I have been posting 'daily paintings' on my blog at http://www.amulti-coloredlife.blogspot.com/ I confess I don't do a daily painting each day but rather fit them in between commissions and other more involved paintings. A daily painting for me is one defined as being completed in one sitting. The idea is to pack as much as I can into these paintings but because of the self imposed time limit I can not get too 'fussy'. What happens is the brushstrokes become bolder and more efficient and the work is looser and livelier. Thats the idea anyways! I sell my daily paintings at my Art Studio at Second April Art Gallerie or online at my Etsy Shop thru paypal.

Above you will see a few examples of my daily paintings on sale now. I paint horses but also do other animals as well. Some of my work also has an Amish or rural theme since that is representative of where I live.

To see more art by me please stop by my web site at http://www.suesteiner.com/

Thank you!

Sue Steiner

Equine and Animal Artist

Two Paintings, Black Horse, by Kimberly Kelly Santini

FROM THE TOP: "Frisky," 6" x 8," $324 and "Black," 8" x 16," $529. Both acrylic on canvasboards, depicting a dark bay or black warmblood horse. Inquiries may come to me.

 

Today's paintings were inspired by Alpac, who belongs to fellow artist Judy Wood. Last week Judy sent bragging photos of her handsome boy frolicking in the snow and I begged permission to paint him. Well, I didn't really beg - I asked politely, and Judy, being the wonderfully supportive friend that she is, immediately sent me hi-resolution pics and her blessing.

 

I lost Alpac's likeness early on, but since I was striving for mood and light, and concentrating on color usage, I let it slide. It's harder for me to work in stricter value ranges than it is for me to work in saturated color, and I had many moments where I was fighting the paint.

 

But I stuck it through, and all worked out in the end. I couldn't be happier with these paintings.

 

If these pieces don't sell by the end of the week, I'll enter them in a juried equine art show in Ohio.

 

Thanks as always for looking at my paintings and sharing my artwork with friends and family.

See you tomorrow!!

Kim

ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com

Desert Horse

I began this painting as part of my daily paintings I post on my blog at http://www.amulti-coloredlife.blogspot.com/ I must confess though I did take more than one sitting to finished this. I began with the idea that this horse would be in a pasture with trees in the background but as it developed I began to see it as a desert setting because I was really enjoying the warm ground and cool colors reflected in the horses coat so it evolved into what it is now.

I have been doing daily oil paintings for several weeks now and am enjoying allowing myself to follow my artistic whims. I do commissioned work along with selling my daily paintings. for more information go to http://www.suesteiner.com/ or http://www.amulti-coloredlife.blogspot.com/

Thank you!

Sue Steiner

"Lashes and Corkscrews," 5" x 8", depicting a buckskin tobiano curly horse, acrylic on board, $289 to the first taker. Do I see any hands? Inquires to ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com .

This painting is from the acclaimed "Painting a Dog a Day" project. While the piece really isn't a canine, I am allowed to bend the rules occasionally. Especially when confronted with such a gorgeous horse as Percy. Who can blame me?

The most important thing to me is painting every day, or as often as I can. And when inspiration hits me, I'm going to fly with it!

Consider yourselves invited to follow along with the daily portraits at www.paintingadogaday.blogspot.com .
Thanks so much!

Kimberly Kelly Santini

ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com

www.turtledovedesigns.com

Following in Revered Footsteps - A Horse a Day for 30 Days

I'm an admirer of daily painters - I've often wished my lifestyle allowed for that kind of consistency. The reality of keeping horses is that things can go wrong and turn your life upside down at the drop of a hat. Still, I've made the decision to try and do it for 30 days. At the same time I'm doing NaBloPoMo, an event that involves a blog post every day for the month of November. No days off!

I'm on day four now. Today's guest is Jay, a chestnut Thoroughbred gelding retired from racing this year. He is available for adoption through LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement. He's a great horse, and will make someone a wonderful friend. I know how much I enjoyed him during the times he spent on my farm.

To keep things as simple as possible for this project, I decided to do just head studies for the 30 days. I'm also using a limited palette and keeping the sizes small. This one is 10 x 8 oil on panel.

I'm considering asking for photo submissions to be part of my project. If you have a good head shot you'd be willing to share, feel free to email me! The only stipulation is, it must be a photo you've taken. If you'd like to follow my project, you can visit my blog, see the work I've done so far, and have the option of subscribing through email or RSS feed. Come on over and check it out!

Painting Sketch

My latest painting sketch for my Daily Riding Essentials Collection. This is a quick acrylic sketch of my favorite leather backed German body brush. The horses LOVE this brush. M graham acrylics on canvas panel. Measures 6 x 9.
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