My Journey to Winning The Federal Duck Stamp Contest
Thank you to everyone at the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the judges who thought my painting was worthy of the 2024 - 2025 Federal Duck Stamp, and all of you for following over the years. Congrats to the other artists as well. There were so many amazing entries this year and I just feel very lucky to be in this position. Prints will be available later in 2024.
My website: www.wildlifeandart.com/
Facebook: / wildlifeandart
Instagram: / chuckblackart
tiktok: / chuckblackart
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
Пікірлер: 384
Oh how Wonderful! We are so PROUD of you, Chuck! Mesmerizing to watch you paint such a BEAUTIFUL Painting. CONGRATULATIONS! 🎉 🎨 ❤ 👏
Congratulations!!! Awesome painting!! Beautiful!!
Congratulations, Chuck! A well deserved award. I am so proud and honored to have one of your small, original paintings!❤
That is absolutely awesome and you deserve it 100%! Your artwork is amazing!
👋Hi Chuck, all your paintings are absolutely wonderful ! Congratulations from Germany on the very well-deserved recognition of your fine artwork.💖
Awesome and congratulations. Your dedication and love of wildlife shows through.
Congrats, Chuck! I am so happy for you! You have worked so hard all these years in developing your artistic style to achieve this distinction. Well done and well deserved!!🎉🙌👏
your artwork and dedication is so beautiful it genuinely brings me to tears
Congratulations Chuck! What an honor and what a testiment to your talent! Well done!😊❤
Congratulations! 🎉 I loved seeing the photos at the end of your art throughout the years and the progress you made
A beautiful movie, which let to a great and one of a kind achievement. Congratulations Chuck.
Congrats Chuck...very well deserved!! Terry Redline is also one of my favorite artists
Big Congrats! Beautiful
Your Federal Duck Stamp video was wonderful to watch. You my Friend are an Amazing Artist and it's a great pleasure to watch your videos and to follow along with a painting! Thank You once again for sharing your fantastic skills.
This was so sweet! What a journey! I saw the video title and was like *gasp* “He did??” Thank you for sharing these beautiful clips as well! Congratulations!! 🎉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Wow awesome Sir/s thank you for sharing😊
This brought a tear to my eye fr Congratulations!! I'm so happy for you, it is well deserved. Your dedication is amazing.
Congratulations, that's wonderful and well deserved!!! RFK Jr. has duck paintings in his office. Bet at least one is yours!!
Congratulations, that awesome! I used to frame Ducks Unlimited pieces of art. You do wonderful work!
Congrats to this achievement.
Congratulations!!
Congrats my friend, well done
Congrats Chuck ! so happy for you. I don't know why this 9:37 part made me teary eye
@beckyg9831
10 ай бұрын
Me too!
@TheCatnipCinema
8 ай бұрын
The whole video has me crying
A beautiful triumph. We are all so so proud
@mauriceboucher2221
10 ай бұрын
amazing !
Congratulations Chuck! Well deserved!!
CONGRATULATIONS Chuck! Your painting was awesome! Just beautiful! ❤👏🏻👍🏻😊
I want to say Chuck I am so happy for you, I've been a stamp collector my whole life and have always loved collecting the duck stamps and I think you've done tremendous job congratulations.
Wonderfully well deserved. So beautiful. Congratulations Chuck. xx
A big congratulations to you. You should be proud. 😄
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! Very happy for you!!! That's so amazing!
Одним словом, талант! 👌👌👌 Вподобайка! ❤❤❤
Congratulations 🎊 👏 💐 so well deserved!!! Your paintings are so special, not only by their own technical merit but also for the inspirational story behind them. So genuine and humbling ❤
Heck yeah!!!! Glad you did, what a great accomplishment 😊
Kudos 👏👏👏
That's wonderful! Congratulations! I'm very happy for you!
Congratulations! Outstanding! I've been watching for a while, from acrylics to Oils allways great videos!
Congratulations!!! You deserve it! You are the best!
All the ducks Chuck, beautiful! So very beautiful.
Congratulations 👏 Chuck! What a great accomplishment and a wonderful testament to your craftsmanship and your passion. An inspiration for us all!
Congratulations ❤🎉👍
Congratulations, Chuck! You sure deserve this award! You are a fantastic artist and I'm happy one of your dreams came true!
I've watched this before and now again. Congratulations and thankyou for sharing this video with us. I just feel the awe and gratitude you have for nature in this video. It's a great gift to be able to paint this wonderful spectrum of awesome beauty we call earth and it's creatures.
Congratulations Chuck!! Much deserved and well earned. Cheers
Congratulations. GOD has blessed you with amazing talent. Words cannot describe your paintings.
Congratulations! This is awesome. You deserve to come first with this stunning painting. Your work just gets better and better as time passes. I'm so impressed that you won. Keep up the great work.
amazing dude, thats a lot of hard work that paid off. you should be proud!
An award well deserved! Chuck, your persistence & dedication to this endeavor has paid off. You've had many beautiful entries over the years & I'm so glad that you finally received the recognition & award of that top spot. Congratulations, again!
Chuck…we’ve chatted during your livestream last year about vermiculation in duck feathers and how frustrating it is to paint them sometimes. I’m so happy for you. Mine was cut in round 2. Entry 126. Congratulations!
@royalvibes7704
10 ай бұрын
Hey..can u tell me when these competitions held? Bcuz i wanna participate too...plz do tell
@MichaelKensinger
10 ай бұрын
@@royalvibes7704 the Federal Duck Stamp Contest rules are released on the US Fish and Wildlife Services website each January. You must be a US resident and there is a $125 entry fee. Super fun Contest to try for but if you’re like me you learn not to get your hopes up too high! LOL
Congratulations 🎉
Blessings
So happy for you Chuck, congratulations on your win, you are an amazing artist. I love seeing how you create all your wonderful work.
Oh wow! What a beautiful painting 👌 and I loved the technique, congratulations it's stunning
Absolutely deserved, well done! What a wonderful painting!
This was so beautiful to watch. I could feel the love and emotion put into painting the duck. Just breathtaking.
Congratulations! I grew up in Minnesota as well. Your pintail is gorgeous
So happy for you congratulations kathy
Congratulations and bravo on a splendid painting, Chuck! I've been pulling for you every year. You have tremendous skill and love and appreciation of your subjects, and it's truly phenomenal to know you won the contest this year!!!
Congrats🥇 very very beautiful.
Congratulations!! Wonderful job and well deserved. A great example of perseverance. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Congratulations Chuck, beautiful painting . thank you for sharing with us your journey over the years! your duck videos from few years ago have inspired me beyond words and have literally put me on the artistic path , it wouldn’t be the same without you!
Congratulations, I’ve been watching your videos for years and so impressed by your talent.
a well deservered Congratulations! and a huge inspiration x
From an artist in Austin Texas you I've come a long way in your artwork. You deserve that first place prize both for your love of art and of ducks.
Congratulations !!! All of your paintings are beautiful! You are an inspiration !
Congrats Chuck!! This brought me to tears!!! Beautiful video, so much hard work and effort, you’re an inspiration!❤️👏🏻
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Stunningly striking piece Chuck, very well deserved win!!!👏🏼🍾
Hi Chuck wow how amazing! You should have won years ago in my opinion! Congratulations to a sweet guy and a very talented artist! You deserve to win this prestigious contest! I am so proud to have your beautiful art on display in my favorite rooms at my house. Thanks for sharing 💞
Congratulations on a well deserved win! Thanks for sharing the journey of your art and the special day of finding this bird. Experiences like this are such a blessing and you are using your talent well.
Súper hermosa obra de arte, felicidades maestro....🇲🇽🇲🇽....
Congratulations again Chuck. You ARE an amazing artist! Well deserved...you've made leaps and bounds as an artist...great video!
Chuck, have been following your art for a while. Love your artwork and look forward to seeing more of your videos. Congratulations for the stamp❤
Congratulations! Beautiful! I love to watch you paint so I can learn from you. Thank you for sharing your progress, it is very encouraging!!!!
What a beautiful video. You worked hard and your time and attention to detail is so evident.
That’s awesome! Congratulations! Beautiful painting as always.
Congratulations Chuck!! I’ve followed, watched and learned much from you for a few years now. This accomplishment was surely on the horizon. Well done!!
What a delightful video. What an amazing capture of such a beautiful, elegant duck! Congratulations!
Congratulations in obtaining first in the Federal Duck Stamp competition a beautiful painting. I also loved the video you produced along with the news. Keep up the great work, Warmest wishes Gordon.
Magnificent work Chuck, absolutely exquisite. Thank you for sharing your work.
Proud of you chuck! Also needs more hamm's cans!
I can't imagine how far off 2nd place would be! You should hands down win every year!! So perfectly beautiful. Congratulations!!
My uncle Lawrence Cory, won this many times, most the trout stamps , back in the mid 80s to the 90s. Congratulations!
Congratulations 🌷. You are well deserved it.
I was proud for you long before now. But this is was a wonderful gift, you so deserve it. Congrats, God Bless
The video was so emotional for me. You have made great progress through your career. I’ve learned so much just by watching you. You are amazing. Your wife is always right there by your side and marvel like that. So happy you won the contest. Enjoy!
Wow. Just, wow, for the whole gorgeous video. Congratulations!
Congratulations!! I've been watching your videos for several years and was SO EXCITED to see this video pop up on my feed! Your art work, amazing as always - your passion for wildlife and conservation, the cherry on top. So happy for you!
Congratulations Chuck!!! This is so awesome! Chris.
Very cool! Congratulations Chuck!
Just stunning,I dont hunt anymore but I had mornings like this and there is nothing like it! Congradulations to you!!
Congratulations! Very beautiful, loved the backstory. All of it. Great job!
Congrats Chuck!!! You've earned it. Very inspiring watching you as always.
This made me cry! Iamsoproud of you and the painting is so beautiful!!!!
Congrats! Thanks for posting your journey. Love your work.
Congratulations!! Amazing painting, and a well deserved honor! As a waterfowl hunter all the way over in Virginia, it makes me smile to know that your beautiful work will be on every stamp that brings in meaningful dollars for use in wetland habitat protection and restoration for 2024. I loved every moment of this video, and how you captured the birds on video so well, as well as seeing your process of creating such an incredible work of art! I especially enjoyed the final moments, showing the progression of your work from childhood art to now. Phenomenal! Congratulations again, sir!
Simply amazing. Thanks for the video. Now, on to watch some of your other videos.
Wonderful my talented friend. I love your work and have subscribed with bells on. Cannot wait for more. I miss your premiers. Looking forward to this KZread journey with you 🌺🙏🙏🌷
Congratulations Chuck from South Dakota.............
Can't think of anyone as gifted as you are, more deserving.....fan girl, so be it
Awesome Chuck! Hard work and determination DO pay off!
As another aspiring montana artist, i must say watching your journey through youtube has been an inspiration. thank you for documenting and giving us this gift. congrats on your award, you definitely deserve it! I have also spent a lot of time in red rocks, it's an amazing place and sure do enjoy every moment i have down there