What do they know....eh?

Mike

Sorry Bill...we rather hijacked your post for a while. Here are a couple more
of Maitre Leliepvre's examples which might be useful to you...

Mike

Mike,
Not a problem, my question was answered and the conversation between you and Ron was interesting reading.

Bill

My approach for horses are very similar to Ron Clarks.
Difference is in the base undercoat where I use Tamiya Deck tan XF55 I posted an SBS some time ago on the method and it should still be around.

This is (was) a wonderful discussion. Besides the Leliepvre watercolors, what has helped me are two works: the Andrea Press book on ‘Painting Horses’, it is pretty basic but a good intro; and most of all, ‘Color Formulas & Techniques for the model horse artist’ by Carol Williams. In my opinion, it is the Bible on horse painting. Besides the dozens of paint formulas for oils for the MANY different types of horse color types, it explains everything about horse anatomy that would be of interest for the painter. It is out of print but can occasionally be found on eBay where I found my very used copy. It is a 3 ring binder 9” x 7” with the paint formula cards separate from the binder. I cannot recommend this work enough when I look a color reference photo of the horse I want to paint, I then say to myself, OK, now how do I accomplish that? This work clearly answers that perplexing question.

maybe this picture can be useful

I use Chapter 8 of Shep Paine's "Building and Painting Scale Figures". It might not be as focused as some of the replies here or sources referenced, but I've found it to be a good guideline. Specific enough when necessary, but also general enough to leave it to the painter (eg, me) to adapt as necessary. He does go over the various colors of horses and provides advice for each. The biggest difficulty I find is in making the shading so subtle that you can't really see it.
Don't know if that helps, but that's what I do.
Prost!
Brad