Decorative Decoy Carver's Ultimate Painting & Pattern Portfolio, Revised Edition. Bruce Burk

       This book is dedicated to my wife, Dorothy, and to my two daughters, Diane and Julie

      Special thanks to Wildfowl Carving Magazine for supplying the photographs of carved decorative decoys in this book: Wildfowl Carving Magazine, 3400 Dundee Road, Ste. 220, Northbrook, IL 60062, (877) 762-8034, www.wildfowl-carving.com.

      Additional thanks to the artists and photographers who agreed to have their work included in this book. See the credits.

      © 2018 by Bruce Burk and Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc., 903 Square Street, Mount Joy, PA 17552.

      Decorative Decoy Carver’s Ultimate Painting & Pattern Portfolio, Revised Edition (ISBN 978-1-56523-976-0, 2018) is a collection of previously published material from Decorative Decoy Carver’s Ultimate Painting & Pattern Portfolio, Series One (978-1-56523-216-7), and Decorative Decoy Carver’s Ultimate Painting & Pattern Portfolio, Series Two (978-1-56523-235-8), published by Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc. The patterns contained herein are copyrighted by the author. Readers may make copies of these patterns for personal use. The patterns themselves, however, are not to be duplicated for resale or distribution under any circumstances. Any such copying is a violation of copyright law.

      Shutterstock credits: Aerodim (front & back covers); Africa Studio (back cover, top left on 15, 23, 29, 35, 43, 49, 55, 61, 67, 73, 81, 87, 95, 101, 107, 113, 121, 127, 133, 139, 145, 151, 159, 165, 173, 181, 189, 195, 201, 207, 215); Madlen (1 bottom, 7 bottom right, 14 bottom right); Johan Knelsen (14 bottom left); Zadorozhnyi Viktor (top right on 22, 28, 34, 42, 48, 54, 60, 66, 72, 80, 86, 94, 100, 106, 112, 120, 126, 132, 138, 144, 150, 158, 164, 172, 180, 188, 194, 200, 206, 214, 220); twstockphoto (front cover, back cover, interior top border)

      ISBN 978-1-56523-976-0

      eISBN 978-1-60765-527-5

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Burk, Bruce, author.

      Title: Decorative decoy carver’s ultimate painting & pattern portfolio / Bruce Burk.

      Description: Revised edition. | Mount Joy: Fox Chapel Publishing, [2018] | Updated version of two volumes of Bruce Burk’s Decorative decoy designs. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2018012576 (print) | LCCN 2018013365 (ebook) | ISBN 9781607655275 (e-book) | ISBN 9781565239760 (pbk.)

      Subjects: LCSH: Wood-carving--Technique. | Wood-carving--Patterns. | Decoys (Hunting) | Painting--Technique. | Duck decoys. | Decoy carvers.

      Classification: LCC TT199.75 (ebook) | LCC TT199.75 .B8692 2018 (print) | DDC 736/.4--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018012576

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      Note: The decorative decoys pictured in this book are representative of the realism that decorative decoy carvers can capture in wood. These carvings were not necessarily made from the patterns in this book.

      For a printable PDF of the patterns used in this book, please contact Fox Chapel Publishing at [email protected], with 9781565239760 and Decorative Decoy Carver's Ultimate Painting & Pattern Portfolio, Revised Edition in the subject line.

       Foreword

      I spent well over a decade at the helm of the premier magazine for bird and waterfowl carvers, Wildfowl Carving Magazine. Throughout my time with that publication, Bruce Burk’s name came up frequently when carvers of all levels, including world champions, talked about early influences in their careers. Many credit Game Bird Carving and Bruce’s two follow-up publications, Decorative Decoy Designs, Volumes 1 and 2, for shaving years off their learning curve.

      Capturing the essence of the living bird in your carvings hinges on knowing what the species looks like. This volume includes dozens of reference photos to assist you. Also included are full-color photographs of decoy carvings, in both realistic and hunting decoy styles, by top carvers from across the nation.

      Whether you aspire to a world championship or you simply want to increase your enjoyment of this wonderful pastime, you’ll find Decorative Decoy Carver’s Ultimate Painting & Pattern Portfolio, Revised Edition to be as essential in the workshop as your carving tools and paints.