Pop-A-Top!

Originally published on October 11, 2009

 

It’s about Beer-30 and time for a cold one after a dusty day in the saddle. No long-neck for this wrangler…a frosty can with a pop-top will do just fine.

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I did this one back in ’03 and it’s probably setting on a bar somewhere in Virginia, at least that’s where he was heading with he left the Out West Gallery. One of the things I really enjoy doing is to see just how realistic I can reproduce various objects I put in my figures hands or scenes. In this one he has a great looking can of Coors along with a nice headstall and bit. I also made sure that the lariat hanging on the fence post exhibits the weight of the lower part of the rope. He’s holding his right-hand glove, having removed it as those little aluminum rings are hard to grab hold of with gloved fingers. It’s the little things that some might miss completely but mean a lot to me. 

 

Special note:  At this time I was still putting white dots on the eyes to highlight them.  I stopped doing that once I learned that a small drop of Epoxy gave a much more realistic effect. 

 

Comments welcome as always.