Customizing Model Horses


Book Description

Customizing Model Horses is the most in-depth reference book currently available in the hobby. Designed with the beginner in mind, this comprehensive guide is a must-have for the aspiring equine artist! Step-by-step instructions show how to paint over a dozen coat colors - from basic shades like black, chestnut, and palomino, to more intricate colors such as roan, brindle, and appaloosa. Detailed etching techniques are also covered, as are basic model horse photography tips.




Customizing Model Horses


Book Description

Customizing Model Horses is the most in-depth reference book currently available in the hobby. Designed with the beginner in mind, this comprehensive guide is a must-have for the aspiring equine artist! Step-by-step instructions show how to paint over a dozen coat colors - from basic shades like black, chestnut, and palomino, to more intricate colors such as roan, brindle, and appaloosa. Detailed etching techniques are also covered, as are basic model horse photography tips.




Realistic Horse Coat Colors


Book Description

This book is a beginner's guide with 215 pictures and instructions on how to take a white, primered model horse to a finished show piece. It covers five basic colors: bay, sorrel or chestnut, palomino, buckskin or dun, and dapple gray. It has lots of hints and extra pictures to help you succeed. As a bonus, real horse pictures are included.




Love and Leftovers


Book Description

Romantic and bittersweet, Love and Leftovers captures one girl's experience with family, friends, and love. Dragged to New Hampshire for the summer, Marcie soon realizes that her mom has no plans for them to return to Marcie's father in Idaho. As Marcie starts at a new school, without her ragtag group of friends called the Leftovers, a new romance heats up, but she struggles to understand what love really means. Perfect for fans of romances like Anna and the French Kiss and those by Sarah Dessen as well as readers of poetry, Love and Leftovers is a beautiful and fresh take on love.




Creating Pastel Champions


Book Description

Learn to paint realistic model horses with pastels. Glowing blood bays, flashy palominos, darling dapples, loud appaloosas and stunning pintos are all within reach for horse enthusiasts of all ages with this step-by-step guide. You'll enjoy working in pastels because they are easy to blend, simple to apply, and most of all, the results are true-to-life coat colors.




My Very Own Horse Book


Book Description

Everything anyone would want to know about horses is here, from gaits and grooming, to breeds and body language, to neighs and nickers (there's a difference)! To apply all this horse sense, look no further than your own model horse, packaged with every copy. Custom made for us to our own design, it's hand-painted and absolutely collector-quality.




Misty of Chincoteague


Book Description

The timeless classic and beloved story of a wild horse’s gentle filly—winner of a Newbery Honor! On the island of Chincoteague, off the coasts of Virginia and Maryland, lives a centuries-old band of wild ponies. Among them is the most mysterious of all, Phantom, a rarely-seen mare that eludes all efforts to capture her—that is, until a young boy and girl lay eyes on her and determine that they can’t live without her. The frenzied roundup that follows on the next Pony Penning Day does indeed bring Phantom into their lives, in a way they never would have suspected. Phantom would forever be a creature of the wild. But her gentle, loyal filly Misty is another story altogether . . . “A thrilling and long-to-be-remembered tale.” —San Francisco Chronicle




My Model Horse Collection


Book Description

Keep track of your model horse collection. Large or small, this easy to use journal will allow you to keep important details about all of the horses in your collection whether they are Breyer or other mass-market productions, or one of a kind art pieces. If you customize your horses, this book allows you to note the unique markings, poses, and other features that make it truly one of a kind. 8x10 size offers plenty of room for writing details Soft touch matte cover Quality white paper can be colored on, or easy paste in a picture of the model Room for over 100 horses Resource list for collectors groups, and popular brands reference guides Makes a great gift for anyone that collects Breyer, Peter Stone, or other model horses. Every horse girl young and old needs a copy to keep track of the herd.




Misty of Chincoteague


Book Description

Paul and his sister Maureen's determination to own a pony from the herd on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, is greatly increased when the Phantom and her colt are among the ponies rounded up for the yearly auction.




Horse Images for Artist's Reference and Inspiration


Book Description

Be inspired to paint, sculpt, and draw horses and model horses with this collection of more than 275 images of horses from around the world. A model-horse customizer herself, Sarah Tregay has assembled these photographs with the artist's reference needs in mind—so you'll find multiple photos of the same horse, views from different angles and at different gaits, from close ups to full-body, in-motion images. No images cross the spine, so you won't miss a single detail.And, when you've created your next champion, bring this book to the model horse show as a reference for the judge.