"Feathery strokes" refers to light, gentle, and delicate brushstrokes or movements, similar to the light touch of a feather.
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«The final work in the show, Last Valentine (1989), is of a heart shape in brown and white,
with feathery strokes melting into a delicately rumpled, cream - white ground.
Extend your brows to that point by using the brow pencil to sketch light,
feathery strokes in the same direction your hairs grow.
Then, take your brush, pen or crayon and trace over the footprint of your brows, using
light feathery strokes.
She recommends concealing bare spots by using light,
feathery strokes, going against the direction of hair growth to get underneath the brows.
Use an eyebrow pencil to define your brows and fill in any gaps: use short,
feathery strokes and blend through with a brow brush.
The ENTIRE pencil broke off in little pieces in under two applications, and I am a pro at applying light
feathery strokes.
Step 3: Lastly, using a brow pencil one shade lighter than your brows (blondes, use a taupe shade), fill them in using
feathery strokes, «and angle the pencil so you're drawing with the side of the tip,» she says.
The feathery strokes and singing colors of «Prana Spectrum Trace» (1989) might bring Joan Mitchell to some people's minds.