hi today I'm using only a few brushes to make painting feathers easy I have a small round brush
and a liner brush too and this old stiff bristled brush with quite a few of the bristles missing
but you could also use a rake brush to get a similar effect first I'm going to trace the
outline of my owl onto a black canvas I got the photo from pixabay if you'd like to use it too
my painting is a little fantasy like so I'm not using realistic colors
but you could paint your owl whatever color that you like
and now with the rake brush or in my case an old homemade version I'm going to mark out the
different sections of the owl you can practice different strokes on an old canvas or paper
the main thing is to remember to paint in the direction that the feathers would naturally grow
and to leave some of the black canvas showing underneath don't cover it up too much yet
now I have my size one brush and I'm adding a little color and some white highlights
then I've taken my liner brush to add some fine lines and give more detail I'm just using the tip
of the brush to give me a delicate feathery line this technique also works well when painting fur
if you add too much color or white don't worry you can go over it again with your
liner brush using black to break up any solid blocks of color and again a light touch is key
when using the liner brush and also painting in the direction that the feathers naturally grow
here's some other videos that I think you might like to watch next see you next time