Oil-based paint is the medium used to paint this composition. The palette is based on the gray background and does not stray far from that color. The birds are painted like they would look in nature. Their elegance and appearance of frailty is wonderfully captured and conveyed by the artist. The plaque is constructed out of paper-mache made in Fedoskino in 1970.
Black lacquer is used to paint the remaining portions of the plaque.
Two hooks on the back of the piece provide the ability to hang this piece on a wall. By the action of time the lacquer covering has broken up into patterns of cracks throughout the composition, but strangely adds to the overall aesthetic beauty of the piece. The material in the first paragraph was provided by SavingCranes.