Painting Morning Doves

I need some help with getting a 'good' picture of a mourning dove OR instructions for painting the doves. I am carving a male and female for our daughters wedding and I can't find a good picture orinstructions to get them painted

[Nancy-G]

Billybob - Anthony Hillman has a book 'Carving Popular Birds' that has a great pattern for a mourning dove. You can contact him at
http://www.hillmanart.com/
or it's usually available on eBay. Also many, many mourning doves are also for sale on eBay so you could see lots of different painting patterns and ideas. I'm no expert but I think male & female doves are identical.

Thanks, Ill check that out. My info indicates there is a slightly different color tones for male and female. Thanks, again

The color is slightly different for the male & female Mourning Dove. The best reference I have seen for painting them is Ros Daisey's 'Upland Game Bird Carving' book (ISBN 0-88740-349-2). She has instructions for painting either sex in the book as well as some fabulous patterns!

Good Luck,
The Moonraker
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Carving Minature Wildfowl by Robert Guge has a paint schedule for painting a mourning dove on page 125.the book is published by Stackpole Books,Harrisburg Pa.17105 Phone 1 800-READ-NOW.