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Featherfolio LLC
Olympia, WA
USA
360 878-0755

Three Different Feather Paint brushes /April 3, 2017 by Chris Maynard

mute swan small and stiff wingtip feather

mute swan small and stiff wingtip feather

These artists professionally paint with feathers. Each uses a feather as their brush. Each is different. Their styles have long histories in Europe and Asia.

Illuminated manuscripts

Fine painting using a tiny wing tip feather 

Sumi/Chinese feather brushes

← Feather Patterns: Inspiration Kinesthetics: sense of body awareness →

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Featured Posts

Blog
How to use wasp paper to make your own
about 3 years ago
The Water Ouzel: the Dipper and Its Feathers
about 3 years ago
A Most Unusual Feather
about 3 years ago

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