ANGLERS ARTISTRY RECENT STUDENT WORK 2006-2012!

[Goose Gosling]

Great work and teacher.

[Chad See]

taxi101, the fish in my avator is a palamino trout...(WV golden trout to some) And as for time, If I clocked every minute of every hour that I spent, I would say it was 70 or so hours.  BUT.... i was doing a lot of new techniques that cost me a bit of time, I also was not happy with my first bodies curve, so I redid it as well.  Little setbacks that cost time and add up after a while. 

[Taxidermy101]

Thanks Chad. Where do you get them?

[Chad See]

They are found in almost every hatchery here in WV.  I am sure that most fish farms here sell them.  I got that one from a pay to fish pond near Elkins.

Chad

[Rick Krane]

Mr. Bill Fraad recently moved back to the New england area From TX. Bill spent a few days with learning some cool painting techniques. Bill painted a Largemouth bass and a rainbow, brown and a Smallie. We worked on reproduction preparation and eye setting as well. Here are a few pictures of Bills repro bass.

Heres bill putting some dark tones down

Bill removing the tomes to highlight the scales.

drawing in some scales to paint

more scale work

pre barring work

getting at the pre details

airbrush time

almost there

eye details

final hand painting

close up

A happy Mr. Bill!


My Best !
Rick Krane

[Jon S]

Thanks Rick! A picture is worth 1000 words. I learned a few things from this last sequence.

[Taxidermy101]

Bill congratulations on a nice bass. This stuff gets me more and more excited to do fish. Thanks Rick for sharing
tax101

[Taxidermy101]

How about some more fish pictures of student work. I need my fix of fish pictures in progress.
tax101

[Rick Krane]

Ok!

The Proud teacher thing again! PRV Second class Jimmy (AKA Vinny) Lawrence just informed me he went and did a good job worth mentioning at the Annual Nebraska Taxidermy Association Annual Convention. It appears that Young Mr. Lawrence won the best of Category and a nice Blue ribbon at this said show!

Way to go Mr. Jimmy Lawrence!!!!

You are now to be known as Sergeant Jimmy! Great job my friend and congratulations!

Rick

[Rick Krane]

Just an update for the student pic's I'll be in PA next week to join Paul Czarnecki and some of the PTA members for a great hands on workshop for reproductions . We will have a picture essay on the workshops when I get back home on the 20th.  Well be painting Steeelhead provided by Mr. Dave Campbell of Tacoma WA. and Walleye provided by Mr. Lou Wynia of Wynia fish reproductions in MN! I look forward to seeing all the great fish that will be done by the great folks come out to learn!

Have a great week!

Rick

[Paul C]

Fishheads of all levels spending time with Rick here in PA have kicked third work up to the next level. This is a tremendous opportunity for several motivated people and budding fishheads. Pictures will be posted this week of all the fish work that was done with Rick.
The work will speak for it self.

[Paul C]

Here's is the latest installment from Waterford, PA.  I'm posting for Rick today because he's busy instructing the class on the finer points of painting--I just wish he wouldn't beat them so much!

Before we can get around to finishing our fish we need to get some good reference.





With proper reference (and good instruction) the desired results can be achieved.




These pics are from the first class.  The second class will be posted in the next few days.

Paul

[Jimmy Lawrence]

Here is a pike replica I just finished.  Its the biggest one I've done.  It took some time and tried my patience a little.  My cousin was happy to hold it anyhow.  Here goes.....

[Rick Krane]

It has been a while with my traveling shedual so I wanted to take this opportunity to show some of the work some really talented and motivated folks have been doing with me. This week I will be showing some of the last few recent Fishheads who I had the pleasure and honor of being able to share some time with. This first gentleman Mr. Corey Logo of Greenville, PA is an accomplished bird taxidermist and soon to be a award winning fish taxidermist as well. Here are a few photos of Corey going through his workshop in his studio with me in PA.
Heres Corey getting ready to cast a Steelhead head

Heres Corey's head mold

Pulling the cast

A better look at the head cast before the work up

Corey making a template

Getting ready to cut out the fish block

Carefully cutting out the fish

Ready to carve!

Let the carving begin!

Truing up the balance and shape

Rough shaped

Fitting for fins

Ready for skin

Skinning begins

On to test fits

Putting it all together

Mounted fish Happy Corey!


I will be posting a few more folks in different fish situations of learning I hope you enjoy!
My Best!

Rick Krane

[Stan N]

Hey Rick and Corey. Corey does great birds and my son took leasons from Rick. Great work Corey your a good guy for the Penn taxidermy association.

Deb