PHOTOS	DESCRIPTIONS
1.1 1.2 1.3	How to ruffle a feather : work with both hand. Gently pull hairs downwards from top to bottom
1.4	Green quill feather in middle is the previously ruffled one and back to normal shape after being kept over steam
1.5	Sketch of painting called " Court Fool " Canvas is made of cotton cloth glued on a board
1.6 1.7	Painting in preparation, If the background is to be single color in patches it can be prepared in advance. Then you work on the main subject.
1.8	Sonia Wentser explaining that when you start working on the subject one has to realise a perfect match with existing patches of feathers so the sharp end of feather is hidden under the black feathers. The secret in this Art is that you do not see the pointy part of the feather, one covering the others.
1.9	Hold the feather by the sharp point end and comb it to have all hairs lying along center stem. Avoid leaving fluffy hair.
2.1	Same movement to comb from sharp point end to get a perfect triangle. Facing you should be the inner curve of feather. Before putting the glue, crack gently the stem with your thumb so the feather will lie flat on canvas.
2.2	Hold feather between thumb and index finger, the sharp point end leaning on the second finger.
2.3	Put the glue on the sharp point end. The only finger that can take some glue is the second finger. Avoid putting glue on the other fingers as you will need them to handle the feather.
2.4	Close up on how to apply glue
2.5	How to hold the tweezers Hold the feather by its middle.
2.6	To apply the feather on the canvas you have to rotate your hand
2.7	Notice rotation of hand holding the tweezers
2.8	Press with second finger. Press at the sharp point end, wait a while the feather to stick on the canvas. * To have better grip the canvas can be covered with glue and dried so you will have glue on glue effect.
2.9	Showing 3 aspects of a feather : 1-Full triangle 2- Triangle releaved of few hairs 3- Part taken from item 2 The hairs have been torn of not cut. You can put a bit of glue at one end to keep the hairs together.
2.10	Exemple of over lapping technique
2.11	Red feather glued over black background
2.12	Yellow feather * Notice the curve of the feather
2.13	Yellow feather * Notice rotation of feather and that feather is held by the tip of tweezers.
2.14	Apply yellow feather over red one * Notice position of fingers
2.15	Same process with beige feather. The overlapping is necessary to create shades.
2.16 2.17	Result of over lapping process
2.18	One can work on a easel or painting a flat on a table. It is important either ways to constantly verify your perspective proportions and colors. So step back and look at your work from distance.
3	Bouquet of flowers made out of trimmed duck feathers and rooster tail feathers. The dots on the flowers petals are made out of tips of pheasant feathers glued one by one.
3.1	Close up of flower
3.2	Bouquet made out of " Lady Amherst " pheasant feathers. Color is natural black and white.
3.3	Bouquet made out of trimmed duck tail feathers. Feathers are dyed.
3.4	Bouquet made out of duck tail feathers . All dyed Feather.
4	Feathers from upper left corner to right : Neck Golden Pheasant Green dyed Turkey Duck Body dyed feathers Common Pheasant Perfect shaped Duck feather to work with Pheasant neck feathers
4.1	Feathers from upper right cornet to down left corner : Scissor shaped Bronze Rooster Tail feather Normal Bronze Rooster Tail feather Duck dyed Quill feather Wing Parrot Wing feather

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Last Update: August 2007 by Danielle Boissonneault, Trois-Pistoles, Qc

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