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Comment on How to Paint a Mallard Duck Wing by RandyCBrown

RandyCBrown — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:51:02 +0000

Thanks for visiting our site! I will create an article with photographs for painting the hen as soon as I can get the time. In the meantime, here are some tips.

The colors that I use for the mallard hen is a mix of burnt umber, ultramarine blue, and titanium white. I mix these three colors to achieve a midtone color that has a gray-brown tint and apply this color over the entire bird, with the exception of the underside of the wing, the beak, and the feet. Then, using this midtone color as a base, I create a darker value and a lighter value of the same mix to create the shadows and highlights for the hen.

Thanks again for visiting and commenting.

Comment on How to Paint a Mallard Duck Wing by Sharon Cox

Sharon Cox — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:17:41 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this!!! I have a couple of questions, first when will the top of the wing instructions be out? and second what colors do you use for the Mallard hen? The hen is my downfall I can never seem to get my colors right for her. Please if you could let me know. I look forward to your next tip!!!!

Comment on How to Paint a Mallard Duck Wing by RandyCBrown

RandyCBrown — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:01:25 +0000

Thank you for taking the time to comment. I do plan to do an article on painting the top side of a mallard duck wing as soon as I can get the time and organize the photographs.

Comment on How to Paint a Mallard Duck Wing by R Ferrara

R Ferrara — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 02:13:39 +0000

I make woodburned necklaces (painted with thin layer of acrylic paint) on tagua nuts, often with wildlife subjects. (I sell them at local craft shows for the most part.) I took a nice photo of a male mallard that would fit the vertical format but the bird had somewhat nonstandard (very pale) feather coloration. So I’m researching upper wing feather colors in for male mallards. I found your article on painting mallard underwings. If you have written the article on the upper wing I’d love to see it but I haven’t been able to find it.
Thank you,
Rita Ferrara

Comment on How to Blend Acrylic Paints by richard ramirez

richard ramirez — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:00:00 +0000

Great blog. I work using human blood as my medium, a much over looked style of art that I have been toying with over the last few years. Blood has a very quick drying time, similar to acrylic paint, and your tips for blending work just as good with blood. Thanks a lot!

Comment on Golden Acrylics by Vanita

Vanita — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:15:48 +0000

This was very useful in doing painting on a wood duck I was working on the wings .
Now If there was a print of the top of the wing to go by, would be great.

Comment on How to Paint a Mallard Drake’s Head by RandyCBrown

RandyCBrown — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 03:28:21 +0000

Unless you intend to prime the wood, acrylic artist paint is best suited for painting on wood since the oil in oil paint would be absorbed into the unprimed wood surface and leave the paint pigment with no binder.

Comment on How to Paint a Mallard Drake’s Head by KatelynnCorinne

KatelynnCorinne — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:12:09 +0000

I was wondering what kind of paint you would use to do this on wood?

Comment on How to Paint a Mallard Drake’s Head by Tristan Gore

Tristan Gore — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:09:30 +0000

This really helped me a lot! I am doing the Jr. Duck Stamp Program, and needed some background on the coloring. I know what the duck looks like from previous hunting experiences, but I needed to learn how to put it on paper. Thanks for this great help! I really appreciate it!

Comment on Selecting the Color Scheme for a Wildlife Painting by Arthritis

Arthritis — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:08:17 +0000

Articles that have quality information like this are as precious as gold. You have given me much to think about in this article. Thank you.