Painting Duck Decoys
Once the carving bit is done it's the turn of the painters to take over. In this process too extensive homework is required. Painters study the colors of the birds and try and achieve the correct shading of the feathers. Even the subtlest of color difference is noticed and is attempted to achieve. Oil paints are obviously used for coloring and these carvings are primered to waterproof them. A complex mix of colors is used to achieve the delicate shadings. Small subtle brushstrokes are ideal to achieve the feather like veneer.
Carefully hand painted and astonishingly life like, these instruments are more of an artwork than a hunting device.
At one time the ponds of the English countryside used to be dotted with duck decoys , but nowadays with stringent Wildlife laws Duck Decoys are hardly ever used for hunting,but these articrafts have found many admirers in the art world and DuckDecoys are being preserved fot their artistic qualities.
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