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Published: 2007-01-05 07:45:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 9251; Favourites: 406; Downloads: 0
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My very first feather painting was of a tiger 8 years ago. Now that I've gotten in some practice, I thought I'd give it another try. I'm thinking about not selling this one, but rather keeping it with my first feather, which I still also have, together in a frame.The best thing about this feather is the way that the tiger blends in so much with the feather itself. only about 25% of the tiger's orange hues are actually paint. I left lots unpainted to show through, adding interest and original characteristics to the patterns in the fur. I'm really happy with it
See a detail image of the face at [link]
Specs:
three turkey tail feathers
5"x12"
acrylic
7 & 1/2 hours
(c) me 2007
Edit: Wow, a Daily Deviation?! This is an honor!
Please take a look at my other work! I have several other feather paintings as well!
Thank you all so much! I will be trying to keep up on answering all of the comments and questions.
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Comments: 125
My gosh, this is simply beautiful.
Very impressive and very nice =]
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I think this is one of the best (if not the best) feather painting I've ever seen. It's very well painted, and the details in the face are just purely awesome. The fact you didn't use as much orange paint as I thought before reading the artist's comment makes it a whole lot more awesome.
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This is wonderful.
You should keep it, and do another one in a few years, good way to see your evolution (although I'm thinking it won't get any more awesome).
Or you could give it to me
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Oh wow. This is the first time I have ever seen multiple feathers painted in the same painting. Amazing!
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i lways find these so amazing this is so cool....like a puzzle thing really neat
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Out of curiosity how did you glue/fuse the three feathers together? I love the effect and would like to try it. I'm hoping to give it a shot sometime over Christmas break...
Gorgeous work, that was the ideal choice of feather for your subject and exquisite painting! Congrats on the DD it was well deserved!
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Thank you for the kind comment! In order to get these feathers to stay together, I mostly used a bit of tape and some paint dabbed between the feathers behind the painted portions. I hope you will give this a try! I'd love to see what you come up with!
Thank you again!
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I think I shall! It's a lovely sort of natural technique and I'd love to give it a shot. I'll be looking for feathers from the farm when I'm next over and seeing what I come up with! Thanks so much for the help - I was confused as to how to get them to stay together, but that sounds very simple in comparison to some of my guesses! *smiles*
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Wow, so wonderful, beautiful, and creative! 
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Amazing detail! Feather painting is beyond me. I love how you incorporated most of the already-existing patterns into your art, it really worked well.
Beautiful.
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Wow! This is truly amazing. I though I was neurotic... but this must be some precision work...
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thank you very much! I appreciate it!
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Oh my dear God!This,this is beautiful!!!Wow!!Nice work!!:3
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Wow. That is incredible.
Well deserved DD! Love it!
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Thank you for the comment! I really appreciate it!
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hahaha, thank you, thank you, and thank you!
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I've never heard of feather paintings before; a very interesting idea ^^ The tiger looks simply beautiful ^^
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There aren't many people that do, but you would find that more than you might expect paint on feathers. It's really a challenge, but the results are very satisfying
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Simply beautiful. The light usage of orange hues is great for the the highlights and it doesn't take anything away from the piece. I am in aw. This one I wouldn't even sell myself.
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And I haven't sold it 
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Do you plan on doing more? If you do it would be wise to snap a couple of pictures of each one. That way you have a catalog of what you have done.
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I have already done TONS of others. Check out my gallery to see them. I get pictures and/or scans of each and every one.
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please say you used somekind of magic to make it :3
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