Junior Duck Stamp Documentary

[@heathermanly7188]

The duck stamp competition should have a people choise award where fans can vote online. I would love to vote for my favorite stamp.

[@katjaedit]

I'm so happy that eider won, it was such a happy piece!! Usually the winners are so serious😄

[@blackparader7]

Wow- Bernie's quote made me cry! I loved this video Kira. Thank you so much for taking us along your adventures!

[@smalltownstart]

He spoke so well about it. Thank you so much!

[@neeskeskneesk4004]

So glad I was directed here

[@funguscake]

May i ask what art education is like in Scotland public schools?

[@neeskeskneesk4004]

@@funguscake Sure :) It depends on the school and the enthusiasm of the art teachers, lol! Every school child has art (and music) as part of their week up until the age of 14 and then it's optional. (Dance and Drama is also taught in some schools). At school I did pottery, but that's not always given as an option. My partner did photography but that was a separate course in my school. I know that in more rural schools there might be few option though (although we do have artist towns in the most rural places here too! lol!) In the City I live in (Glasgow) they've just relaunched the Gallery of Modern Art art exhibition for all of the Secondary School children (aged ~12 to ~18) to enter which is kind of cool too :) I'd have loved to see my work in a 'proper' gallery as a teen :D

[@funguscake]

@@neeskeskneesk4004 What fun! That museum sounds great! Thats so amazing, kids need art! I remember in highschool school (2012) art was very limited. Throughout elementary and jr high it was also very very limited. Though my school was very small, maybe like 400 kids, we didnt have any artists. Maybe a few, but skill was very limted. Compared to my sister who went to the same highschool in the early 2000s. She had alot of great artist in her class and the art program was always doing something. Going on trips, painting murals, ect. Thank you!

[@Elizabeth-iv2pr]

Finding your videos was a joy❤️ I never new how much happiness a room full of duck paintings could bring.

[@zoeyc5851]

I'm so glad the king eider one won, it an amazing piece!

[@smalltownstart]

Me too! ☺️

[@ratatouille5095]

I never knew I wanted to learn so much about ducks but now I can't stop. I think I have a new obsession? Very much not mad at all about it. Great video!

[@smalltownstart]

Haha so thrilled to introduce your new obsession 💗

[@spaghettiplease]

the age of these artist is so amazing! their skill level is insane and i can’t wait to see what else each of them create

[@joellea-b.5519]

The last section is my favorite. I love how emotionally invested people get in creatures who are so different from us. It's so valuable!

[@janellevukonich8758]

I absolutely love this! Headed to buy my first two Duck Stamps❤❤. I wish they could open up the competition so everyone had the chance to vote on the winner--it would bring so much attention to art and conservation!!!!!! Thank you❤🦆

[@smalltownstart]

Aw so glad thank you so much!! 🤍🤍 yes that would be a great way to boost popularity (:

[@laurencady2753]

Oregon winning is amazing 🤩 stunning works of art from so many young artists ❤

[@alexalittle]

We drew ducks for this when I was a kid! It was fun 🥰

[@smalltownstart]

Love that!

[@johnbrennan1480]

I LOVED this! Thanks for capturing what we all love about the duck stamp contest! I know you put a lot of work into this, and it's appreciated!

[@smalltownstart]

Thanks for the watch! So glad you liked it and felt that way 🤍🤍 was a lot of fun to make (:

[@moi.twin2]

I had never heard of this before but now I definitely need to collect duck stamps!! A new goal for me is to enter the Federal competition in the future, thanks for making this amazing video!! 💞

[@smalltownstart]

That makes me so incredibly happy.

[@creativeminddesigns9819]

Oh my gosh! I saw made in the moment's video that included that vest! How wild. I love seeing your experience and am encouraging my nephew to enter next year!

[@OneVintageWitch]

Just found this channel, and i am very intrigued in this! Im no artist but i do appreciate the time and effort it takes to make beautiful pieces!

[@zoeyc5851]

Yay more duck stamp content!

[@Lazyhippie]

The winning piece is STUNNING! They really were all incredible though, you weren’t lying! This whole thing is so cool.

[@ChidoriAlchemist]

This is amazing and very well put-together! Thank you for creating this - it really had shed some light on the competition!!

[@smalltownstart]

Aw thank you so much ☺️

[@Cincelia]

I came here just from a short clip and I love this video! its beautifully made as well as the duck community being this lovely

[@chuckblackart]

Awesome video, Kira!

[@smalltownstart]

Aw thank you so much! 🤍

[@sunshinewiccan5523]

I'm very autistic and used to take art before I went into languages-based stuff this year for it. I like the model decoy ducks. And I been knowing species ever since I was a kid. I wish we had this in our area for art since I would go duck watching my nickname is doodle duck as an kid. Never drew them but I always drew rubber ducks lol

[@bludraku4204]

Gosh ever since I was little I have been absolutely obsesseddddd with ducks, and its one heck of a coincidence that my middle name is "Drake"! Growing up, my friends always knew me as the duck guy with how much I poured out my love for the animals and how often they'd find me doodling them in my textbooks during school!!! I had no idea that these kind of competitions were a thing and specifically for ducks! I don't think ill ever be able to get to the level as all of these talented artists shown in your video, but it really does inspire me to pick up the pencil again and keep doodling ducks just for the heck of it. ALSO AAAA I found your online shop and had to nab a "Duck Person" crew neck for myself... like come on... it has a duck on it... AND its blue ✨ Thank you so much for making this video, I had a blast learning about these duck stamp competitions, and it makes me excited to support them in the future!!! (i need ducky stamps in my life 🦆)

[@melaniehikes]

This video filled me up 🥰 the level of excellence from young people around the country and the enthusiasm for wildlife from everyone involved is such a joy to witness! Thank you for continuing to highlight this amazing work. All my fingers and toes are crossed for Puffcorn in next month’s judging!

[@Myles-n1k]

You’re art beautiful it’s the best animal drawing I’ve ever seen

[@danielnascimento6300]

The painting that won feels so optimistic. Love it!!

[@quimarim.1689]

This is so cool and right in my backyard. You’ve definitely made a duck lover out of me and I hope to buy many duck stamps in the future.

[@smalltownstart]

Makes me incredibly happy 💕

[@ian_does_things6586]

May the algorithm bless this video.

[@daisyhappy8]

Loved the video ❤

[@ManonRhale]

Lovely documenting of this event, so happy you were able to experience this!

[@C4vine]

thank you so much for sharing this

[@pigeonriot]

this was my breakfast-watch and i cried like 3 times during schgsfghshf this is so wholesome and important

[@Juniper-111]

do you use a reduction glass to look at your painting while working on it?

[@hly1226]

This is so interesting! My nephew has a question: What happens to it afterwards? After judging, do you get your piece back?

[@fallows4life]

Painting waterfowl is my passion, but sadly im from northern scandinavia where you cant participate.

[@sageee888]

Yes bless the algorithm today

[@lisahoshowsky4251]

I feel like I remember you saying you liked how white feathers reflected colours so I’m guessing bufflehead!

[@zebraloverbridget]

I love that they made sure to show both the scan and the original artwork for the damaged piece because depending on the medium it can make a difference when it comes to deciding the final rankings imo. Overall, they will be using scans of course but when all of the top 5 looked so good I could see myself using what the original looked like as a way to decide the final score. (ignoring the damaged bits) the 3rd one shown out of the top five (so the grey duck with the water dripping off the beak) was rated way too low in my opinion though. Getting water to look right and all those reflections is stupid hard to do yet they did it perfectly. I'm hoping the score was lower only because it didn't look as good at a smaller scale because if not I'm big mad it did worse than the one before it. Which had a neat perspective but that was the only unique point. (all the paintings had amazing details from what I can see in the video)

[@juan8767]

Nice video :)

[@tinachen9728]

I suck at art that is such a talented teenager when I was at that age.

[@aviharth9402]

I really wanna know like that one judge who gave out a 1 or 2 score I really wanna know their opinions in the artworks not about hate, it’s just i wanna know what made them score of like 1 or 2

[@smalltownstart]

From my understanding it was mostly about size reproduction that convinced some to give a 1 or 2 - but always subjective and I never fully know ha

[@junerose7868]

omg made in the moments vest?? 👀

[@smalltownstart]

Mmmmhmmmmm ☺️

[@GnipMuffin]

I'm a little confused about the blurb of the Federal Duck Stamp being "required for waterfowl hunters 16 and older". Surely hunting is the opposite of conservation? Requiring purchase of the duck stamp to license hunting seems a bit counter-intuitive, no?

[@smalltownstart]

I understand what you mean. It does seem that way, but actually, hunting is extremely regulated and it was the idea of making this permit for hunters that has raised the majority of wetland conservation funds throughout history - the stamp raises $40 million every year (: and that money is used to restore and protect wetlands - if done right, hunting is a form of conservation, and its a necessary party of land preservation - I do see how it’s backwards but they benefit each other and I believe it’s the only way we could raise that amount of money

[@accidentalfrenchfries]

@@smalltownstartthis is fascinating! Thank you for explaining!!

[@MichaelKensinger]

First❤😊

[@smalltownstart]

💗💗💗

[@CM38110]

Wait duck stamp???? I love ducks. Need to go watch your video now thank you goodbye

[@smalltownstart]

no thank you!

[@gemco4719]

Ducks

[@poorwhiteman6634]

"If you guys could too" in relation to judt simply bending over, and picking up rubbish. That was probably THE best way I've ever heard someone give a point for conservation. Talking about things that we can do, as everyday humans, that can make a difference, as compaired to the lacklustre efforts by the government, pushing electric cars that will hardly make a dent in global emissions. Why cant we hire that guy as the global environmental minister or some shit 😭