Wednesday, September 28, 2011

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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....

Sunday, September 25, 2011

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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..

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

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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...