Mini Black Duck

Was playing with a concept that included carving a small decoy. This part of the concept is the decoy.

Proved hard to do well. Even using my smallest brushes, what looks good to the naked eye does not convey well under the magnification of the camera lens.

Seasonal Carvings

Finished these up for the bookshelf.

Baby Gabey and Lizzy

Now this is a cute picture. Check out those eyes!

New antiques

Just finished these two as part of the MN Decoy carvers club demonstration. I have posted this style before. Again I have a Common Eider and have added new a White Winged Scoter (Thats the black one). Eiders don't really make it to MN, but there were reports of Scoters on lake superior this last weekend. There is the beginning of a tutorial on how I did these at the MN Decoys Carvers website. Here is the link to our monthly newsletter.

http://mdwcc-carving-club.com/Dec%202008%20newsletter.pdf Next month will have how I finished the decoys. It was nice to see one member had already brought in a carving of a Ruddy Duck he in tended to use this carving/painting technique on ..