Hello all,

I am starting a figure on horseback. I was wondering how horse hair could be depicted in a realistic way with paint (oils) or otherwise?

I recall having seen horses in a large scale which seem to have every hair painted individually. This seems rather time consuming.

On a French website ("3 Pieds Nickéles de la Figurine") I found 3 pictures that I have enclosed. It look to me as if veins and hair is simulated by using white glue.

Does someone have experience with this and could he please explain how this is done?

Thanks,

Rossbach

I would use a tooth brush but I have never done it.

I hope Daniel Ipperti signs in. He did the work on the horse.

Marc

Is it white glue or perhaps some kind of liquid resin?

If its white glue you would gave a tiny window of time between liquid and set up so you would have to do small areas....doesn't seem to be the case here.

Colin

The artist may be using gesso, which is a primer. I have used on large scale horses in painting as well as casting masters. It works very well adheres to other primers and is painted over easily.

Ok Carl can you translate what he used for the hair effect as my french is pish

Not sure if there's much in the text to explain what was used and the technique applied.
Gesso seems a good call, the stuff the missus uses for raised calligraphy can be applied by pen but you'd be constantly cleaning the nib.
Perhaps it is a slightly thickened white glue that's been applied to small areas and combed through as it dries.........
,,,, come on Daniel the world needs to know

What a nice result..very intersting topic..
Have fun,
Chris

This is done by my favorite painter
I Have translated it out , the instructios where on his actual sight a couple years back. He is using a medium body acyrilic sculpting medium and using a brush puts down a thin line or build up as it does have a body it will have some height. Then with a brush with Humborol thinner (probably most white spirit based ) reshapes the vein one at a time. I have tried it,very time consuming. As for the hair I be is the same medium the sample shown here is a 75 mm pegaso horse and the horse is a bit bushy in the hair. The Artist is Daniel Iperti ( probably misspelled) his 54 mm horses are incrediable he is an oil painter the strokes are according to the grain of the hair on the horse itself, you can also a Dorlands wax medium to the paint to give it alittle more body than standard oil. Will leave a slight sheen on the horse can also hit it with a thin caot of gloss or semi gloss varnish and depending how you manipulate your brush you may get grain with that as well.

Paul

Dear Paul,
sorry I could not understand what is he doing with the brush and the Humborol thinner (probably most white spirit based )?
Happy painting,
Chris

Je ne comprends pas
marc

OK i give in ! what does it mean

Nice one

You think so

Fortunately I can read French. Daniel Ipperti's description (on the website mentioned above) does not contain any reference to either the material used or the technique he uses to get this (in my opinion) very realistic 'hairy' effect.

Because of that and the fact that he did not reply to my post on the 3 Pied site I thought to start a thread here to see if someone can help out.

Rossbach

Well some of us share and others don't

Let's give Daniel time to get on Planet figure. He may be on vacation. He seems to be a very nice person, and hopefully will see this thread and tell us all how to make realistic hair on large scale horses.