New Ear

Dab glue and baking soda
on the base of the horse's head.

I was very happy to acquire another G1 Breyer Saddlebred Stablemate from a friend most recently. He came as a little "fixer upper" with a bent leg and a missing ear.

Sometimes ears break all the way down to the base of the skull and the method to fixing such an area can be messy. Such messy fixes make for great blog entries though and I documented this ear fix today in the studio.


Using various Dremel bits
slowly drill away at the blob.

It's now starting to really take shape.
Drill slowly taking breaks as needed.

After much drilling
the blob now resembles an ear.

One Day Off

Field of Crystal dreams.
For weeks now I have been implementing a "One Day Off" or "Get OUT of the Studio" day in which I force myself OUT of the confines of my studio and I tear myself away from work. This idea started in the winter when I began to feel a little burnt out from the normal day to day, in and out of working at the same spot for hours. This idea has helped spark new ideas and new creativity for me and in the process has actually helped my regular work.

Today I found myself with good friends searching and digging for crystals in a local field. This was the very first time I had ever done this and to my surprise I am enchanted with the idea of going out and finding beautiful crystals in the ground. Yep, I guess you could say Im a little bit of a rockhound I guess!

Crystals were just waiting
to be found!

Mother Earth was so
very generous to me today!

The tiny ones were, of course, my favorites.

New Mane & Tail

Resin receiving a new mane and tail.
This resin's owner had a request to have a new mane and tail sculpted on the piece. In order to be on the same page with the owner I sketched out my idea on paper before starting. The owner approved the sketches and I am excitedly creating the changes with Apoxie Sculpt.

I am documenting the change.

New mane.

Side view of the mane change.

Tinfoil application in order to
"flesh out" the tail shape.

Tail shape feels much like
the sketch.

Adding Apoxie from the bottom up.

Tinfoil fully covered with Apoxie.

Pinholes!

Pinholes filled and sanded.
No matter how diligent and well one preps a resin there will always be those naughty pinholes that show up unexpectedly. They love to pop out as soon as a little bit of paint has been layered onto the resin.

This Eberl "Forte" resin had quite a party of fun pinholes that popped up without notice after about the third layer of paint was added. What do to? Well, deal with them with some filler and then sanding.

Unfortunately, one also has to deal with reapplying paint after all that sanding and this piece took about six or seven layers of paint to get the sanded areas to match the rest of the body. I documented the process cause it always looks scary, but with persistence it all turns around to a pleasant finish.


First layers of color.

Many more layers.

Looks good as new!

View with the reference in the background.

One, Two, Three, Four?

A Working Girl Resin.
She's for sale! $225 plus ship.
jenndanza@gmail.com
Four months without a post? Seriously?
Yep, looks like it and in all honesty it was yet again, another much needed break. What can I blame my laziness in keeping up the blog on this time? Let's go with Winter! Winter lasted way too long and after my February post it went on to snow up until APRIL! Craziness!

In all that time much has been accomplished. Perhaps sharing a few pieces here will be the best way to ease back into all things "bloggy." Here they are. Enjoy!

What Transpired In A Month

Appaloosa pony painted
in mixed media with custom base.
It's been a very busy month of creating. I've been on a roll with painting horses and it's probably best to just let the new images speak for themselves.

All pieces were either sales pieces or commissions. If you are looking for a stablemate sized commission or larger commission horse please contact at jenndanza@gmail.com. Also, be sure to keep abreast of images up to the minute on my new Instagram page!

Happiest of New Years!

"Byte and the tree"
Graphite and watercolor on Strathmore bristol
I took a much needed break from the blog recently. I needed time to finish commissions, sell pieces and prepare for the holidays.

Today is day one of a brand new year and Im very excited about all the creating that will take place in the following 300 plus days. There is so much happening in the studio, but for now I will just wish you a very Happy New Year and thank you for being a part of my creative journey.

Happy New Year!