here's a few for the up coming season
- Thread starter B Reilly
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Scott O.
Well-known member
Very nice looking birds B!
Although I heartily ascribe to the Lou Tisch theory of "DRAKES ONLY!" I still love painting hen mallards.
They're drab with a color scheme inherently designed to be invisible in nature so its hard to figure why we would put them in our spreads...
they take forever to paint...easily 3 or 4 times as long as a drake mallard...
But I love the coloration and the depth I can get using washes between base feather painting and subsequent detailing...definitely my favorite bird to paint (vs. the dreaded devil duck from Heck...the OLD Squaw)
Although I heartily ascribe to the Lou Tisch theory of "DRAKES ONLY!" I still love painting hen mallards.
They're drab with a color scheme inherently designed to be invisible in nature so its hard to figure why we would put them in our spreads...
they take forever to paint...easily 3 or 4 times as long as a drake mallard...
But I love the coloration and the depth I can get using washes between base feather painting and subsequent detailing...definitely my favorite bird to paint (vs. the dreaded devil duck from Heck...the OLD Squaw)
David Ellis
New member
B,
Awesome job. I really like the subtle variations of tone on the bodies and the different head detailing.
Awesome job. I really like the subtle variations of tone on the bodies and the different head detailing.