Your peacock feather cheat sheet

I have always wanted to Doodle bird feathers, in particular the Peacock Feather. Today, thanks to Adron Dozat, I was able to produce this Zentangle Inspired Artwork below.

I am so pleased with how my first attempt has turned out, made much easier with Adron's cheat sheet.

If you want to give something like this a go for yourself, I suggest you visit his blog Drawing Lessons For The Young Artist, and download this cheat sheet, which he currently has filed under his Bird category.

As light as a feather

This is my first ever tangle feather. I loved learning how to draw this free hand. I've always been too scared to give this a go but I am so happy with how my first attempt has turned out.

Like anything in life, there is always room for improvement but the whole idea of Zentangle is not to aim for perfection but to just take it one pen stoke at a time, forget the outside world and just be in the moment.

If you wish to give this a go for yourself, head on over to watch Tali Shemes demonstrate how at Zentangle feather design

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