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Studio Sommer: January 2013
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Saturday, January 12, 2013. Two New Ornaments for 2012. One of the "regular" projects that I do commercially is the annual "Beautiful Breeds" Ornaments. The Holiday line is one of the often-overlooked areas of Breyer's product line to collectors. I actually had no idea HOW overlooked until I began to look online for any information about it! Breyer started their annual Christmas line in 1999. As the line was getting established, they asked me if I had any ideas for products? Many breeds followed and I ha...
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Studio Sommer: October 2013
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013. Prepping A Resin - Illustrated. Before any model can be painted, first it must be prepped. Models in various stages of prepping. Prepping is the fine art of readying a resin or plastic model horse for painting. Seems simple, but a poorly prepped horse could have a bad seam line, distracting from an otherwise good paint job. Or even worse, a badly prepped model may have issues with paint not sticking to the horse itself! Hobby preppers are always in strong demand, and prepping ca...
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Studio Sommer: September 2012
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012. Adventures in Photography - Part One. For the longest time, I've really been struggling to capture my paint jobs correctly in photos. I hear the same comments over and over from clients and customers. "This looks even nicer in person! Eeeeek. That's NOT the reaction that I want people to have when they unpack something I've painted. So having people be pleasantly surprised when they get something from me is good to hear. Taking the tent outside, I plopped it down in bright ...
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Studio Sommer: Shipping One of a Kind Art
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Thursday, August 16, 2012. Shipping One of a Kind Art. However, let it be said, they are MORE THAN HAPPY to take your money to insure said items! And they certainly will neglect to tell you this caveat while you're handing over your cash. It's only after they have given the boxes to a herd of rampaging elephants to play soccer with that they will mention that art or collectibles are not covered. This photo of a white peacock that landed on my neighbor's barn at sunset is unrelated to this blog post.
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Studio Sommer: Adventures in Photography - Part One
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012. Adventures in Photography - Part One. For the longest time, I've really been struggling to capture my paint jobs correctly in photos. I hear the same comments over and over from clients and customers. "This looks even nicer in person! Eeeeek. That's NOT the reaction that I want people to have when they unpack something I've painted. So having people be pleasantly surprised when they get something from me is good to hear. Taking the tent outside, I plopped it down in bright ...
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Studio Sommer: Prepping A Resin - Illustrated
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013. Prepping A Resin - Illustrated. Before any model can be painted, first it must be prepped. Models in various stages of prepping. Prepping is the fine art of readying a resin or plastic model horse for painting. Seems simple, but a poorly prepped horse could have a bad seam line, distracting from an otherwise good paint job. Or even worse, a badly prepped model may have issues with paint not sticking to the horse itself! Hobby preppers are always in strong demand, and prepping ca...
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Studio Sommer: Two New Ornaments for 2012
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Saturday, January 12, 2013. Two New Ornaments for 2012. One of the "regular" projects that I do commercially is the annual "Beautiful Breeds" Ornaments. The Holiday line is one of the often-overlooked areas of Breyer's product line to collectors. I actually had no idea HOW overlooked until I began to look online for any information about it! Breyer started their annual Christmas line in 1999. As the line was getting established, they asked me if I had any ideas for products? Many breeds followed and I ha...
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Desert Sun Studios Rambler: July 2011
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Desert Sun Studios Rambler. Friday, July 29, 2011. What to expect in this blog. OR "What direction is her brain going in NOW! Most of my buddies who blog (yup. once again I am pointing the finger at Skillern. Will be publishing various articles and tutorials, centered around our hobby. Model Horses. There are a great many things that "inspire" me. not the least of which, are my fellow Miniature Equine Artists. And I'm sure those "inspirations" will pop up here from time to time. Just looking at what I ha...