Painting Duck Decoys: 24 Full-Color Plates and Complete Instructions
Painting Duck Decoys: 24 Full-Color Plates and Complete Instructions
Hillman, Anthony
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Condition: New, UPC: 9781648370663, Publication Date: Tue, March 1, 2022, Type: Paperback ,
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>Carving duck decoys has become a popular craft amongst today's hobbiests. But as important as good carving practices is the ability to give your decoys a life-like finish. This guide by expert illustrator and carver Anthony Hillman presents 13 species in 24 detailed color plates, along with complete advice on selecting paints and brushes, creating a color palette, and step-by-step instructions on how to proceed.

The 24 color plates show profiles and top views of the following species:

  • Mallard
  • Common Pintail
  • Wood Duck
  • Northern Shoveler
  • American Wigeon
  • Blue-winged Teal
  • Green-winged Teal
  • Black Duck
  • Canvasback
  • Redhead
  • Greater Scaup
  • Bufflehead
  • Red-breasted Merganser

Use Painting Duck Decoys to get expert advice on how to mix colors, prime and seal the wood, and which brushes to use to paint specific parts of the decoy-back, breast, tertials, speculum, primary wing feathers, tail, head, and flanks for both male and female. A list of colors needed for each plate is also included. You really can't do better than having Hillman's experienced advice by your side.

Be sure to add other guides by Anthony Hillman, published by Echo Point Books, to your library: Carving Miniature Duck Decoys, Carving Traditional Fish Decoys, Carving Waterbirds, Painting Shorebird Decoys, and Carving Favorite Songbirds.

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