Feather Stacking

 You keep hearing me talk about stacking tangles.

Right now I am working on feather stacks.

You see, each of those little v-shaped sections

is a separate stack.

Let me walk you through how I made this.

I love me some bright, beautiful, vibrant color!

To get this color effect I wanted, I used some Brushos Crystal Colours.

Brushos are powders that activate and swirl and mix when hit with water.

I began by using a mop brush and just slopping water all over the top 

of my 140 lb. mixed media paper.

Then I used three shades of Brushos crystals and just 

tapped the color into the water.

After the color spread and mixed, I realized it still needed a bit more green, 

so I added more of the pigment where I thought it would work best. 

If you are interested in reading more about Brushos,

I did an in-depth product review here. 

Once my paper was completely dry,

I lay in a faint outline of a feather and filled in the vein.

I haven't done a successful feather before,

so I thought the pencil line might help me with parameters.

I began by dividing some sections and etching in  feathered lines for segments.

Then I tangled the areas. 

I wasn't really happy with the way my feather looked at this point.

So I added some frills. 

A little fescu, some more whispy lines,

and that white gel pen for some popping highlights.

I think I like this feather stacking.

Definitely going to give it another try.

Hahaha! Why don't you join me?