Featherstrokes for Shorebirds

Featherstrokes for Shorebirds

by Beebe Hopper

Featherstrokes for wildfowl is an easy way to paint realistic feathers. Beebe Hopper will guide you through simple techniques for feather detail. In this book you will learn different methods which provide the beginner with a background for successful painting. Featherstorke techniques  can be used on textured carvings, carvings with the pattern burned on it,  smooth canvas, or other media surfaces, with oils, acrylics, or watercolors. Beebe has listed the supplies you will need from tools , paints, and materials .Also included is a glossary of bird definitions, history of decoy carving and helpful tips, reference journals, reference books, exhibits, shows and competitions . Use the color and black and white photos with illustrations to paint a decoy or any type of bird you choose  . 

Featherstrokes for Shorebirds Projects:

• Killdeer.
• Sanerling.
• Ruddy Turnstone.
• Long Billed Curlew.
• Spotted Sandpiper.
• Dunlin.
• Golden Plover.
• Avocet.
• Red Phalarope.
•  Woodcock.

Featherstrokes for Shorebirds Book Specifications:

• Softcover.
• 88 Pages.
• Author, Beebe Hopper.