10-26

Well.. been working on some more gunners... here are some photos of a hen Scaup and a hen Shovler..

Took what I learned from the Mallards and came up with this hen Shovler paint scheme ...tried to think how to make the bird look good at yardage and also in hand...

Don't mean to toot my own whistle, but, the hen Scaup is one of the best gunner paint jobs that I have done so far...

I'm thinking about making a few Scaup for competition next year...

well back to the paint room to get drake Scaup complete...

10-11

Well.. here are some Mallard hens that I finished .... they go along with the Mallard drakes...

Tried some new painting techniques on these birds...

did some real looking at my mounts and research material... came up with what I call a real simple hen ..

Onto the Shoveler hen next.. while I have the hen puddle duck theme in my head...

10-5

Well.. here is a project that I finished the other night at 1:30am... wanted to have a Woodpecker for an upcoming competition...

Flying Pileated that I created from a photo that I found on the net...

Fun project...going to some adjustments for the next..

9-28

Well... surprize... surprize.. it is raining here again... so I'm in the paint room...

here are some photos of Gadwall drakes.. one is preening and the other is swimming...

These birds were fun to paintwith all the different shades...

now onto the next....

9-25

Well.. back from Canada.. the four of us caught over 500 fish for the week... bass and pike...

ate slept and fished... good week...

here is a Eider project that I was carving ...

now I have to seal it and float it..

Also painting Gadwalls.. photos to follow..

9-14

Well.. it has been awhile since I posted.. I have been working in the shop..I got all the decoys for the big order carved and sealed and floated and textured... now onto paint...

I started with the drake Mallards... here are some photos of the birds painted...

After painting I will seal the birds with a flat varnish... just to save the paint some ...

working on the Gadwalls now...

also going to Canada for our yearly fishing trip... a week of eat. sleep, fish... and a little carving on the porch of the cabin...

8-6

Well... it has been a month since I posted last... here are some photos of what I have been up to...

I have put some time in and carved15 gunning decoys... it took most of the spring and summer, but..

boy does that look impressive all together...

now I'm going to use my automotive spray gun to seal all these bird..the paint will get in all the nooks with the spray gun... and I don't have to brush them all... wish me luck painting all these..