Watercolor feathers are so fun to paint and make great decorations for any occasion or to use as part of craft project truly any time! It is true I painted these for the Jewish holiday of L'Ag B'Omer because one of the symbols of the holiday is the bow and arrow, and arrows include feathers often, soooooo, maybe a bit of a stretch but fun nonetheless! I was planning to make a wall hanging by hanging the feathers, staggered, from a branch, but ran out of time, so maybe I'll have to do is for Succot, as the feather is also a symbol to use in the Succah. So paint yourself some feathers in any size you please, they could also make great gift tags, place holders, and more! Experiment with different combinations of colors, and do get large paper and make some large ones, which are truly so great looking! Are you sold? Lets do it......
- watercolor paper, mine is 34.5 x 49 cm just about the largest pad of watercolor paper you can buy, though paper comes larger in sheets or rolls.
- watercolors, whatever you have, I used pan watercolors from kohi-nor, and
- round tip watercolor brushes especially a large one like size 10 or 12 so it goes quickly
- my instructions here
- scissors and a pencil
How To:
Follow the instructions, here and do take not that the cutting out part takes time and patience to get all those little cuts which make them look like feathers as opposed to leaves!Above: Here are the feathers before I cut them out.
As you can see above, just orange and blue feathers looks amazing! Enjoy painting and cutting out some feathers, even if it is just because!
