PSWA Members who took part in the
Robert Capriola Seminar.
Back L-R: Bill Herbert, Grant Werdick, Donna Wasson, Del
Herbert, Bob Berry & Jon Boss Front L-R: Mike Dowell, Karen Geuy, Robert Capriola, Joe
Girtner and Gary De Cew
The
PSWA Annual Seminar was again held at the beautiful Mission Trails Regional
Park in San Diego, California. Robert
Capriola was our featured instructor. He
spoke about hunting decoy making theories and instructed a hands-on painting class
on the techniques he has developed utilizing oil-based paint and mediums to
seal and finish paint gunning decoys to weather years of hunting seasons. Robert
gave great instruction on color theory, wet-on-wet paint blending, and feather
representation and interpretation over the two-day course. Robert conducted demonstrations on techniques
to paint a Canada goose, a Canvasback drake, and Mallard hen.
Every
student completed their own beautiful keepsake “flatty” Mallard hen with all
silhouettes, paint materials, and key brushes provided by PSWA.
Robert has a
Master’s degree in Natural Resources and works as a habitat biologist. Over the course of his carving career, both full-time
and now part-time, he has produced a wide variety of carvings in styles ranging
from highly detailed decorative life-size pieces for the table top to working
decoys in original, but traditional styles. In addition to carving
commissioned work and work for sale at shows and auction, he built his personal
rig of several hundred duck, goose, and brant decoys for his own use. Several
best-in-show awards and his willingness to teach others led to many invitations
to judge, including opportunities to judge at the Ward Foundation World's
Carving Competition.
| | Robert and some of the PSWA Members taking the workshop at Mission Trails.
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