Hippo Distraction - Day 4 & 5

Moving on to the details. The tongue and the saddle blanket in this case. Since I needed some of the paint to dry before I could paint other things this took a couple of days. This is the stage when I start mixing enamel and oil paints together. The base for the red is magenta enamel while the red itself is cadmium red. The blue base is a mix of Prussian Blue and White enamel with both full strength Prussian Blue enamel and Pthalo Blue oil mixed in. The process gives a very rich vibrant color. In between the red and the blue will be white and I was thinking of free handing some stars into the blue but we will see how that goes.