Summer 2022

The gadwall on the cover is by Pat Godin

Painting Notes: Bushtit

by Jerry Poindexter. Includes a pattern.

Identity Crisis, Part Two

Painting the falcated duck pushes your skill level.

by Brad Snodgrass. Includes a pattern.

Book Excerpt: Composition Is Key

Designing a gadwall and wigeon rig as a work of art.

by Pat Godin

Evening Entertainment, Part One

A bird with a “big” beak and other distinctive features.

by Tom Park. Includes a pattern.

Don’t Lose Your Head

An innovative way to attach head to body on a mallard decoy.

by Thomas F. McCollum.

The Dancing Sandhill Crane, Part Two

Varied color schemes give you options.

by Robert Lavender.

Reference: Garganey

Celebrity sighting!

by Rick Burkman. Includes a pattern.