A move and a library.

Here's what my "studio" looked like last weekend. I moved into a new apartment! It's very close to campus so when it's below zero, I'll have a much shorter walk to my 8:00 classes! Plus, my room is very easy to light. I can't wait to start painting in it!
I finally finished putting all of my reference material together. I got the idea from Mel Miller's blog. Hopefully my new library will come in incredibly useful, especially considering how many hours I've put into cutting all those pictures out of magazines and calendars!

Three labeled binders.
I mostly sorted by color and pattern, although I do have a section for foals and a miscellaneous section for odds and ends.
Within each color, I tried to group references by shade. Here are some standard bays.
And chestnuts.
And finally, here's a very rough horse head that I sculpted out of Super Sculpey for a Strapless CM that I'm working on. I thought Strapless' head looked too much like a box. This head is very rough at the moment and will only serve as an armature. I will add some bulk and details with apoxie.
I can't wait to finally get back to painting in my new studio, but I have a conference all day today and Monday. After that, it's back to work!