Painting Underway...

November 27th

November 25th

Steller's Eider Drake: Ready to Paint

Progess report

Steller's Eider (Drake)

This relatively small sea duck is the smallest in the Eider family at just 18" long. The male has a number of distinguishing characteristics: a thick black eye ring; greenish-black tufts of feathers on the forehead and back of head; black chin, throat, neck and rump; dark bluish-purplish feathered wings with white edging which appear like stripes across the back when folded. Breeds in eastern Siberia & Alaska. (Wikipedia)

Photo by Tony Davison

Finished Project: White-winged Scoter

White-winged Scoter Update: Paint Job In Progress

The painting begins

White-winged Scoter: Ready to Paint

Next Up: A White-winged Scoter (Drake)

This stocky diving duck, characterized by its bulky shape and large bill has a white eye! Most ducks have brown or black eyes, though there are species with red and golden eyes. The White-wing Scoter is distinctive for its comma-shaped white eye patches and orange/red bill with black knob base. Large white patches on its speculum, stand in contrast to the black wing, making  the White-winged Scoter easy to identify in flight.

Here's what it looks like in the wild:

Here's the work in progress to date:

It all begins with a block of wood

Bart carved a Warbler for Shelley so I finally was able to get a shot of the initial project when the bird is nothing more than a block of wood cut from a pattern. I love watching the evolution of these carvings.