It's November, what's on your workbench

Tim, Thanks for the compliment. I litte the Bluebill painting. Very cool.

Brandon, What has gotten in to you man!
 
Some day, Bob, take some pics of your spread when you are hunting. I would like to see that. That is one gorgeous looking bull sprig.
Al
 
Some great stuff there chaps, very nice. Tim really like the painting, not really in to study birds but yours has some great depth and a good alive feel. Takes some doing that well done.
 
Tim J., I like the Bluebill painting, it looks really nice. What kind of water-soluble oil paints are you using? Do they still develop a patina as the years go by? I want to start painting my decoys with oil paints but don't care for the hassle of cleaning the brushes..... Any information on these paints would be appreciated.
I like all the decoys posted up too but the water-soluble oil paints really got my attention.
Jode, your Brant is very unique and just one cool looking decoy!


Tim
 
Tim, Don't think you get the durability with the water soluable oils. It doesn't even sound right. I started using oils about a year ago
and they are a lot of fun but you need more patience. The brush cleaning thing is not an issue. Get a couple of those jars with the coils
in them and use them as a 2 step system. easy,no mess, John
 
Tim at first it will be a hassle then after a few times it takes no longer than properly cleaning your acrylic brushes. OMS and dish soap for the most part. At times I will use some pink soap or bristle magic
 
I'm using Winsor & Newton water mixable oils. I have no real world data on how well they will hold up or patina over the years. In all honesty I'd rather them not patina over the years. I'm not painting with the plan that they will yellow but that is not how a lot of paint works. It's about the same as using the newer acrylics. There are no 100 year old acrylic paintings to look at to tell what they will look like.

I am told they are the same as any other oils once they are 'dry'. I wouldn't worry about using them on decoys and probably will paint some decoys with them some day.

I don't like having a jar of mineral spirits or thinner next to me while painting. I guess I'm sensitive to it because I can feel it rather quickly if it is there. It has been great so far just using water and wiping off the brush with a rag I can keep in my hand. Soap and water takes off everything at the end of the day. I like the smell of the paint also.

You can use them with all the traditional oil paint products also, but once you do they are no longer water soluble. You can even mix with other oil paints.

I picked up a 10 color set for about $35. I figured they are worth a try because I wouldn't be inside painting with oils otherwise.

Tim
 
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I think I'm done with the Bill. I might add a few ducks way off in the background but I'm sticking a fork in it for now.

Tim
 
kitchen for the kids' Christmas. Bought a Kreg jig and now I think i can build anything!

sorry for the crappy photo

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very cool Jeff, love the sidewalk chalk!!!! Oh and the kitchenette is nice also.

local cottonwood bird, will insert the bent hardwood sprig after hollowing. Will be an urn for a good friends hunting dog. He retrieved many birds off the Missouri River and the cottonwood stood on the riverbank for a long time until knocked over last year in the flood. Took it off some private property last Winter and it has been drying since then. ripped it with a chainsaw, sealed and stickered. Planed it down a couple months ago and the moisture meter read 10% on one side, 12% on the other. Has carved nicely.

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There always room for improvement. A ruddy hen pictured with a pair of my older ruddy's from the late 90's I believe? That's when I had the weight mold made. The story behind is. I was talking to Greg Setter about hooking up for hunting on Friday. He asked me what I was into. I told him I was about to start a sleeping shoveler to add to my rig as mate to the other pair I had been hunting . Somehow we got started talking about ruddy ducks and the quirky things they do. As we were talking I told him I had a hankering to do a ruddy ,and had a head that I carved a while back ,but never finished. After getting off the phone with Greg I was real pumped up to make one . I like to go on Pbase for ideas and subject matter. I found a hen that really inspired me . It reminded me of a hunt with my son when he was younger. His first year he just couldn't bring himself to pull the trigger.
We hunted a old sand quarry, with a friend Chip Goss and as we paddle out to a frag bed. These ruddy ducks kept popping up on the side of the boat. They would cock their heads a look you over as you were some kind of alien life form. My son at the time was memorized by them . I thought there's no way he would ever shoot a bird. And at the time I was right. But time goes on, and that young boy has grown into a young man. He still hunts with me in between pumping iron and girls. You never know where inspiration will come from . Every Thanksgiving we duck hunt together, and tomorrow will be no different. we'll hunt over this decoy tomarrow. And like I do ever year. I will give to him to put away for when he gets older.

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sean, the birds are great......they always are, i mean ALWAYS and frankly, i love that old ruddy as much as any, BUT the tradition you and your son have makes the post!

got a 3 yr old daughter and a 7 month old boy, if i can do half as much in the way of decoys/love for all this as you seem to do my kids will be better off for it.

awesome stuff man, justin
 
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