Feathers
I always use colored papers. You will be fighting the white paper every step of the way. Make your life easier and choose a color that is in the mid tones of your piece. Here I've used a blue/grey color.
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I start with the eye. I then burnish it down until no paper shows.
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Here is a close up of the eye.
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Next is the beak. I burnish to make it look solid.
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First I lay down the dark areas. This is the various feather groups.
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Then I pick out the highlights. These steps are done lightly, I'm just blocking in.
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I'm using grey here. It's hard to see because the color is the same as the paper, but it's necessary so the next shades don't get too dark.
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Still more, back and forth with the lights and darks just filling in the paper.
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I'll stop here for now and start blocking in the breast feathers. I'll come back and adjust the colors. I don't want to go too dark.
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The back of the neck is the same steps only I try to make them a little warmer. Dark, highlights, then mid tones.
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I'll stop here for now. They might need to be darker but I want to get the rest of the feathers in.
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The back feathers are done the opposite way. I start with the lightest areas first. This lays down the feathers edges.
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I build each feather one at a time and get the shading of each one down.
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Here's a close up of how I do the feathers. Always follow the direction of the barbs. First the lightest areas and the shaft.
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Then I come back and indicate where the shadows are.
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Back & forth with the various shades of grey to fill in the feather being careful not to loose the highlights.
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I've done a few more to show that every now and again, I'll go back and add some shadows or splits in the feathers.
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A few more. I do each one separately. If you try to do them all the same time, they end up looking all the same. This way they are all slightly diff
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I work the highlights first, then the medium shades.
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I go back with a light brown to warm the feathers up. The feathers of a peregrine are odd, they are blue/grey, but with a warm overtone.
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Here is the piece so far. I'm almost finished with the wing feathers.
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Phew! Finally finished the last feather. I might go back and darken these. Don't know just yet.
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Finished blocking in the breast area. I left some of the paper showing through as some of my shadows.
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I worked back and forth with the white, creams and reds to get the shading just right and fill in the paper.
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I adjust the colors here and there, making some areas darker and filling in the paper a bit more. It's Finished.
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