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Model Horse Oil, Acrylic & Other Media Painting Tutorials

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How to Oil Paint a Chestnut Horse + Intro to Oil Painting

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How to Oil Paint a Palomino Horse + Intro to Oil Painting

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How to paint model horses in acrylics by hand

How to Hand Paint Model Horses with Acrylics and Get Creamy Blends

It will take practice, but it is possible to paint acrylics with creamy blends and smooth surfaces, just like oil painting.
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How to Paint a Leopard Appaloosa in Mixed Media

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the perfect white paint brands for model horse painting

What Brand of White Paint is Best for Model Horse Markings?

I am on a quest to find the best titanium white paint for building up markings faster and better. While the quest continues, I found a few VERY surprising and noteworthy contenders.
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How to paint a black roan model horse in pencils and pastels

How to Paint a Black Roan in Pencil and Pastel

A beginner-friendly method to converting any horse into a roan.
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Painting a Unicorn in Culture Hustle Black 3.0 Paint

How to Paint Hooves, Eyes & Chestnuts in Hand-Painted Acrylics

While this is demonstrated on the smaller Stablemates scale (because there are so few tutorials on these little guys), you can follow along with a larger scale model horse too.

Ultimate Guide on How To Paint Model Horse White Markings

This tutorial video covers the tips and tricks for painting easier and better pintos, appaloosas and simpler model horse white markings like socks and blazes.
Using photoshop to paint pintos on model horses

​Photoshop Assisted Pintos 

Sketching on the computer is a great way to work out kinks in your pinto or appaloosa pattern before committing it to paint on the model.
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​How to Pink Model Horse Muzzles 

Learn how I use earth pigments or pastels to create delicate pinking in soft skin areas like muzzles.

​How to Paint Striped Hooves in Hand-Painted Acrylics

Pretty easy to do, and I share a secret to make them more realistic. Be sure to check out my painting details video above as well to learn how to paint a basic hoof first.
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    • Tack Making
    • Showing & Collecting
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