Horse Scene Complete!

And... it's done:
Some of the simplest looking areas were actually quite fussy to do- for example, the grass. The foreground grass is darker, with thinner and narrower pieces. As the grass goes toward the horizon, the pieces got lighter, thicker and wider. And always, the curve shape had to be evaluated and matched for even grout lines.

The horses were relatively simple in comparison. I made paper templates from copys of photographs enlarged/reduced to the correct scale.

Grouted in two colors- white for the sky and tea green for the remainder. The tea green had the desired effect of blending the background and fracturing the focal objects so they are more prominent.

Horse Scene WIP

Update time.

November and December I devoted to making more clocks and mini ornaments for etsy, and to Christmas with my family.

Currently, I am working on a horse scene mosaic wall hanging for my mother-in-law's lanai.

This is about 24" x 36" on hardibacker board with an oak frame stained dark brown. I found a green with tan that worked nicely for the grass, especially since we have drought happening here in Florida. The front horse is a chestnut brown and the rear is soft grey. All the trees are intending to be live oaks. And this is a Florida scene so the barn has a nice tile roof. I just have to add in a blue sky and a cupola for the roof.