I've been wanting to experiment with techniques for dapple greys for a while now. To me, dapple grey is a covetous sort of color; those artists who do it brilliantly are few and far between, and to truly be in awe of an artist, she (or he) must paint a good dapple grey. Naturally, then, they've always intimidated me - no matter how easy Danelle says they are to paint! ;)
I've been chatting about my work with Tracy Eilers lately (ah, slow hours at work!) and she was giving me some pointers about her newer dapple grey techniques. I decided to play around with what she told me, and have a SM G3 Warmblood in progress. She's all acrylics, and I'm aiming to make her a dark grey just starting to dapple out. It's a tedious process and somewhat frustrating, but it's been fun - very different from my usual oil paint methods! For now she's mostly a practice for an upcoming commission I hope to do in the same color, but if she herself turns out nicely, I'll probably pop her on eBay and see how she's received.
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Very interesting so far! Are you going to make him a "mulberry" grey? I would love to see in-progress pictures as he goes along.
Care to share any of those dapple gray tips? :-) I'm working on a dapple grey right now using mostly acrylics and colored pencil, and I agree with you, it can be a tedious process! I'm still in the experimental stages with my grays, too, never sure what to do next or how far to take it.
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