Painting the Wood Duck ~ First strokes

First color choices and first strokes ~ always a hurdle. 

Bart chooses to work slowly and deliberately with a very fine brush.

Dualing Paintbrushes ~ alternating colors to create contrast and detail.

Blue-winged Teal ~ Finished piece

Wood Duck Progress ~ 2/9/13

The head is not yet attached. Burn lines on the face will help the carver 

identify the facial areas after the gesso primer is applied.

Caleb's Wood Duck (Drake)

Carving Progress: December 4th

Bart has been alternating between the Teal and Wood Duck Projects.

He prefers not to be painting two ducks at the same time so he's staggered the work.

Today: February 2nd

Here's one with the carver

Jordan's Blue-winged Teal

Update on the painting process.
The feathers on the front breast area are still to be painted.

Happy Thanksgiving

AMERICAN BALD EAGLE ~ Ready for paint

I missed seeing the Eagle before Bart started painting but, happily, he took these photos for the record. 

It shouldn't be long now before I post the finished piece as he's quite far along in the paint process.