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Looks like the start of a great friendship.

Mike, As you say, it certainly is a learning process, but then pretty much every thing associated with waterfowling is and fortunately the process is enjoyable as well as challenging. Good to hear that you're still getting out to scull. It may take an "old timers wisdom & technique," but I can...

Finding an "interesting place to stop" is a natural part of the carving & painting process, but a few days ago I finally decided to go back and re-work some details on a carved dead-mount tableau with a mallard drake that I had done some time back. For quite a while now, kept thinking that the...

True that I can't speak to working with wood up the trunk. In talking with the older guys who loved working in Tupelo, I always thought they considered wood harvested from the bell end was the standard, and that they were very particular about dealing only with suppliers who could provide it...

My only experiences with tupelo lead me to believe that Jode's observation is a valid one. Years ago, one of my sources for basswood timbers was a local supplier & milling operation called Paxton Beautiful Woods. They are still in business, but have closed down the fine woodworkers shop that...

"So I'm up here in the North Woods Just staring at a lake Wondering just exactly how much They think a man can take I eat fish to pass the time away 'Neath this blue Canadian moon This old world has made me crazy Crazy as a loon Lord, this world will make you crazy Crazy as a loon.." -John Prine

I'm with Jode.'s suggestion. Use just a few washes of Traditions Matte Medium (still available through Deco Art), also mix it into my palette colors as I go. I was disappointed when they changed packaging from the 8 oz. bottles to the 4 oz. jar. But I still follow my "formula" of cutting it...

Went back and forth on whether to texture coat the loon decoy. In the end I decided it would be worth investing an hour or so in doing it, so I sponge-textured it same as I do all my gunning birds. Figured it was appropriate to have Joe looking over my shoulder as I worked. You can bet I broke...