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painting horses eyes

Discussion in 'Painting Techniques' started by badger, Oct 3, 2016.

  1. badger Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Scotland
    looking for advice or articles on painting horses eyes,i am working on a scots grey at waterloo and am about to paint the horses eyes,need some advice, thank you/badger
  2. billyturnip A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    This might help a bit.

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  3. Oda A Fixture

    Very interesting posting!

    Oda.
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  4. billyturnip A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    Also look at photos or the real thing and paint what you see, second nature to paper and canvas artists but often overlooked by painters like us.
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  5. Nap Moderator

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    England
    On my AC model of ahorse and WW1 Cavalryman , I also added liquin as the final finish ...seemed to really bring it to life

    Nap
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  6. franceso sbarile A Fixture

    Thank so much Roger, very intersting.
    Francesco
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  7. billyturnip A Fixture

    Country:
    England

    You're welcome Francesco, I got it from here, vixentheangryfox.deviantart.com/
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  8. badger Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Scotland
    thank you,grateful./badger
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  9. Jim Active Member

    Thanks for that tip!
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  10. theBaron A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    Note that you don't see much of the white of the horse's eye, either, under most circumstances.

    Prost!
    Brad
  11. Ortigara Member

    Fundamental tip that I learned from master Danilo Cartacci:
    Remember that the eyes of an horse move parallely, just like (as a general rule) for human beings. That implies that if one pupil is moved on one side (e.g. the part of the orbit that is closer to the front part of the head, where the nostrils are) the other pupil will be on the OTHER side (in the example, on the part of the orbit which is closer to the back of the head, where the ears are).
    This is the same as with humans: if I look to the left I will have my right pupil closer to the nose and my left pupil on the side which is closer to the ears and NOT close to the nose).
    Oh my god I hope I made my point clear, rereading it sounds terribly complex but it is indeed easy!
    Regards,
    Alessandro
  12. billyturnip A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    Ok I think I've got it.

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  13. Ortigara Member

    Ahahah, then forget it!
  14. billyturnip A Fixture

    Country:
    England

    Only joking Alessandro, it makes perfect sense. (y)
  15. John Bowery A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    Roger,
    Thanks for the great links.
    Cheers
    John
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  16. badger Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Scotland
    I went crosseyed reading it,ha ha , thank you/badger
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  17. clrsgt A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    Good little tutorial.
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  18. Buckledresin Active Member

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    got a few horse kits to do sometime and this will help a lot thanks for posting (y)

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