I’ve not forgotten Aethelflaed…
… although I will admit that sometimes I don’t manage to fight away all the things that get between me and my frame at a time of day when I have any chance of stitching her sensibly!
However – I’ve done the grass!
Well, I stopped doing tussocks when I thought I might want to do more extensive tussocks in the foreground, and decided to do the horse first, in case I wanted seedheads nodding over its legs. But apart from the tussocks, the grass is done.
However, that means I now have a decision to make…
I’ve decided she’ll be mounted on a grey (contrasting with William The Marshall’s chestnut), and that it will be grey tending to blue. But which blue, and how much blue, and what colour should the lightest shade be? This is going to be important, as I think I’m not going to do dapples this time, just shading and a smooth coat.
Some thinking required…
Well, you have a fine grey in the wall, with a near-white mixed in for the highlights. Or use cooler shade than the wall for contrast, There’s a neat blue in the veil, to mix in if you need it bluer, and perhaps that again with a darker cold grey for the next tone up? (Knight is a nice cool grey, if you have it.) Or look at the William picture and bring some of those greys and blues across to link the two.