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Goddessartist

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9. You're welcome!

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 11, 2023, 09:14 AM

Dec 2023

If you want to try it, you can buy turkey feathers to paint on. Take a board, tape the feather down on the board, gently and thoroughly cover it with say, matte medium. Let it dry, and then start painting! Seal it with waterproof sealant, or whatever works for you. I've painted pet portraits, horses, accidentally a horse portrait, as I'd just painted a white horse, and a friend's white horse had just died unbeknownst to me. So, she was so happy when presented with the feather as a gift of remembrance.

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Fox and lynx on turkey feathers [View all] Goddessartist Dec 2023 OP

Gorgeous! Easterncedar Dec 2023 #1

Thank you! Goddessartist Dec 2023 #2

Super nice. sinkingfeeling Dec 2023 #3

Thank you! Goddessartist Dec 2023 #5

WOW! That is beautiful work! Diamond_Dog Dec 2023 #4

Thank you! Acrylic is easiest on feathers Goddessartist Dec 2023 #6

Also, on some of them, Goddessartist Dec 2023 #7

TY. They are beautiful. Diamond_Dog Dec 2023 #8

You're welcome! Goddessartist Dec 2023 #9

When you say matte medium, what is that exactly? Diamond_Dog Dec 2023 #10

It's a medium one uses with acrylics Goddessartist Dec 2023 #11

TY! Diamond_Dog Dec 2023 #12

You're very welcome! Goddessartist Dec 2023 #14

Damn !!! 3Hotdogs Dec 2023 #13

Thanks! Goddessartist Dec 2023 #15