Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This oil painting of a mountain horizon at sunrise will be featured on the 2024 Federal Duck Stamp carrier, the dollar bill-sized sheet the stamp comes on. The drake pintail spots the hen as she is cupped in the air, arriving for another morning. Enjoy as I paint the fine details of the landscape and the bird's features while piano plays in the background.
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What I used for this painting (affiliate links):
Glass palette: shrsl.com/40llx
Paint & brush organizer: amzn.to/3mlXTea
Brush I used to block in: shrsl.com/3w1ef
Dagger brush: amzn.to/3VeYbzS
Makeup sponge pens: amzn.to/3q0wC2u
makeup wedges: amzn.to/47pyxPb
Panel: shrsl.com/1qg3i
Oil paints: shrsl.com/3n0kq
Oil colors used - Titanium white, cad yellow lemon, cad orange, cad yellow deep, cad red, cad orange, magenta, phthalo blue and gamsol used
Liquin impasto: shrsl.com/2aqvv

timestamps:
0:00 Sketching out the scene
09:00 Mixing colors for sky
10:55 Painting the sky
18:07 Switching to the horizon and mountains
33:29 Painting the water
38:42 Painting the duck
53:27 Water & reflection
1:01:10 Bird in the sky
1:04:26 Revealing the painting