A client showed me a fairly common photo of a screech owl half awake in a… More

The blue-winged drake is a beautiful bird. The highlight areas for me are… More

The blue-winged drake is fun to paint. It gives you many opportunities to… More

It had long been a dream of mine to carve a one-piece common loon for the… More

The downy woodpecker is North Americas smallest woodpecker. It is also one… More

Rick has tried acrylics but says he prefers oils because the acrylics dry… More

A local game warden had heard about my bird carvings. I showed him some,… More

Although the markings on this beautiful owl may seem daunting, once you… More

In the previous issue, I explained how I carved a ringed teal, a bird that… More

Through my years of decoy carving, I often thought about the beautiful… More

For some time, I had considered carving a rig of red-breasted mergansers… More

In the last issue, I carved the Baltimore oriole, did the texturing and… More

Texture is one of my favorite playgrounds with three-dimensional wood… More

If you think painting is complex, I hope to change your mind. I break down… More

After I photographed the falcon for the first part of this demonstration… More