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Tips on using oils when painting realistic bird carvings.
CHIP CHATS Mar-Apr 1990 (v.37#2) pg. 64

Tip on mixing white pearl acrylic with regular acrylic colors to achieve "pearlescent sheen" for painting bird carvings.
CHIP CHATS Sep-Oct 1990 (v.37#5) pg. 31

Tips on painting the carved head of a female duck.
CHIP CHATS Sep-Oct 1990 (v.37#5) pg. 54

How to raise shafts on a carved bird's feather using burning pens.
CHIP CHATS May-Jun 1991 (v.38#3) pg. 36
Added Info CHIP CHATS Sep-Oct 1991 (v.38#5) pg. 68

Exercises to teach color mixing and matching for painting gamebird carvings.
CHIP CHATS Jul-Aug 1991 (v.38#4) pg. 64

Techniques (ink, paint and burn-in) for making the vermiculation detail on duck decoy feathers.
CHIP CHATS Sep-Oct 1991 (v.38#5) pg. 47

Installing glass eyes in natural-finish wildlife carvings.
CHIP CHATS Nov-Dec 1991 (v.38#6) pg. 21

How to paint and detail the feet and legs of carved waterfowl.
CHIP CHATS Nov-Dec 1991 (v.38#6) pg. 41

An explanation of burning techniques for creating realistic looking feathers on bird carvings.
CHIP CHATS Nov-Dec 1991 (v.38#6) pg. 48

How to texture bird's feathers prior to detailing them.
CHIP CHATS Mar-Apr 1992 (v.39#2) pg. 41

How to paint waterfowl carvings to duplicate the iridescent colors of the birds.
CHIP CHATS Nov-Dec 1992 (v.39#6) pg. 25

An economical way to texture bird carvings using an electronic burning system.
CHIP CHATS Nov-Dec 1992 (v.39#6) pg. 42

How to give feathers a three-dimensional look by identifying the feather's edge. Ideas for making a special 10-A burning pen to do this.
CHIP CHATS Jul-Aug 1993 (v.40#4) pg. 57

How to determine the appropriate size of a glass eye for a bird figure.
CHIP CHATS Nov-Dec 1993 (v.40#6) pg. 82

How to woodburn realistic barb grooves on bird carvings.
CHIP CHATS Mar-Apr 1995 (v.42#2) pg. 109

Painting and finishing branch carvings (small bird figures carved from tree-branch forks).
CHIP CHATS Jul-Aug 1995 (v.42#4) pg. 39

The mysterious airbrush. Part 2. Painting a decorative bufflehead decoy.
CHIP CHATS Sep-Oct 1995 (v.42#5) pg. 92

Advice on how finely you should burn the barb lines when finishing carved birds.
CHIP CHATS Nov-Dec 1995 (v.42#6) pg. 78

Realistic burning. How to achieve deceptive realism by burn texturing feathers and hair on carved bird models.
SCALE WOODCRAFT #4 Spring 1986 pg. 73

Painting carved wildfowl. Advice from a champion carver.
SCALE WOODCRAFT #7 Winter 1987 pg. 40

How to feather a fowl. Painting a realistic decoy with simple strokes.
WOOD MAGAZINE #104 Mar 1998 (v.15#2) pg. 78

Tip shows how to make a holder for small bird carvings to be painted.
WOODCARVING #29 Sep 1996 pg. 5

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