Model Horse Tack – Page 39 – Kristian Beverly

Year In Review

January 4, 2019December 28, 2024Kristian Beverly6 Comments

In a an hour it’s going to be 2019. In some ways 2018 felt like it flew by and in other ways it lingered. I mean the Winter Olympics happened this year. ‘Nuff said.
I did attend a few shows this year.

Went to Breyerfest.

Graduated from college.

Traveled to Punta Canta.

Made tack. I didn’t create as much as other years. But streamlining techniques and improving the quality of my work more than made up for it.

On the real horse front, I finished my final semester for IHSA.

Helped give pony rides.

And rode in a parade.

But really, 2018 was the year of the book.

I finished painting a book mural.

Helped teach a few Author 101 classes.

A few short stories were published in an anthology (and it’s about a cat!).

Penn State sent me to a workshop through Madcap Retreats/We Need Diverse Books about writing cross culturally in Tennessee. It was phenomenal and I got to hang out with so many cool people. I mean how many people can say Laurie Halse Anderson (author of Speak and Chains) introduced herself to them in line for food?

In September I went to Texas for another retreat through Mapcap Retreats/ We Need Diverse Books. Being able to hang out with such talented people will never get old.

For the past few years I’ve always had goals for the new year. Usually they fell into blog more or maakeee all of the tack. This year I’m not making a list of things I want to accomplish. Sometimes it’s easier to just see where things fall. I do have a few things set up for the new year. I’m definitely going back to school and I’m definitely going to Breyerwest.
I don’t know what the new year will hold but I can’t wait to see what crosses my path!

Wish It, Want It, Do It

January 4, 2019December 28, 2024Kristian BeverlyLeave a comment

The PA Farm Show starts this week. Friday is the first *official* day, but only the food court is open. The Farm Show is the largest agricultural event in America with about 10,000 competitive exhibits. Hundreds of thousands come to experience it every year.

I’ve been going to it since I was small. I live about 10-15 minutes away from it so I have to go. I’ve wanted to enter something, and this year I finally did.
While waiting in line to register I got to see the new butter sculpture. It’s a thousand pounds of butter and each year it has a special theme. The butter people all represent a different type of person/career path. Their common bond is milk and how it can transform anyone into a superhero. There’s a football player, military/army person, dairy farmer, fire fighter, and doctor. A news reporter was filming it and I listened to the description of it. So there it is.

I entered four pictures into the photography division. I’m excited to see the top entries.

After years of wishing I would, I actually did this year. Someone rear ending me couldn’t put a damper on that!

Christmas Pony

January 2, 2019Kristian Beverly2 Comments

So this is going to shock all of y’all.

In 2018, I finished painting a model. From start to finish.

I know. It’s shocking.

For the past few years I’ve posted pictures of in progress models. Very few were actually finished. My lack of ability to finish a model can be blamed on two things. First, usually as I go along my technique gets better, so I end up with this:

Source: reddit

If one half of a model is semi good and the rest is trash, it’s real hard to call it finished.

The other reason is the ugly phase. Every piece of art goes through an ugly phase. Tack goes through an omg this is terrible buttttttttt I’ve made enough tack-ish things to know that it’ll come out well if I push through.

But with finish work, it’s a no.

BUT I FINISHED A MODEL.

My trainer, who is also Penn State’s IHSA Team, lost her heart pony in 2017. Comet was a willing gray mare that was constantly half clipped because of her thick fur. She died the morning after I took this photo.

Myself and another barn friend decided to give my trainer a portrait of her favorite pony.

It took a year for me to do her. Comet 1.0 didn’t come out right. But with Christmas 2018 creeping up I knew I had to push through. So Comet 2.0 began.

I painted Comet in a mix of pastels and acrylic.

When searching for a photo to include I discovered one I’d forgotten about. What better way to remember a beloved pony than a picture of her with ears forward, looking over her stall guard, ready to welcome whoever had stepped through the barn door? She ran the barn, even after she stopped being ridden.

I framed the photo and both items were given to my trainer. I’m really happy I finished painting her and shut up the inner critic.

Now to figure out what I want to paint for National Model Painting Month!

Sewing Pony Pouches

November 18, 2018Kristian Beverly4 Comments

At the Happy Valley Show I was organized. I had my documentation together a head of time and my classlist all figured out. But as I unpacked and eventually packed I realized I was missing a piece.
Pony pouches. I had some but not enough for all of my models. Pony pouches are the easiest way to be organized during a show. No worrying about bubblewrap or any other type of fabric to protect models.