Originally published in 2012.
Here’s a busted up Buckaroo who I just finished this morning. From the looks of him Happy Hour down at the Gold Nugget Saloon didn’t end too well by the looks of the fat lip, the cracked skull and the swelling shiner, not to mention the shot up hat. I was originally heading toward doing a complete figure of a busted up Bull Rider but after I had the head well on the way had a better idea for that figure so decided to convert this one to a bust. Should be fun painting all the bruised flesh on that sad face.
I had so much fun painting this fellas face this morning I thought you might enjoy seeing the shape he’s in so far. Need to tone down the dry brushing on the hat but so far he’s looking pretty damaged and that’s good.
Okay….here he is. Fresh from the local Emergency ward. As you can see from the title of this post I’ve changed the name to more reflect what caused all this mayhem so disregard the name tag. I only added it to have something on the base for the Tulsa show last week. This poor cowboy at least took First Place in the caricature bust category.
For the blood I reached for the richest and darkest red I had then mixed in a little brown and dribbled it directly out of the bottle down onto the scarf. Once it was dry I over coated it with clear epoxy to make it look fresh. I didn’t add any design to the scarf as I really liked the bright yellow. I did underpaint it with yellow ocher before a final coat of bright yellow. Lastly I highlighted the folds with a light brown wash.
As I mentioned earlier, I have another one of these hapless wranglers in the works which will be more banged up than this guy.
As always, your comments are welcomed and appreciated.
