LESSON XX
FEATHERS AND HATS
In this lesson few lines are used, the object being to explain the general direction the lines take.
To draw a full feather, many more lines should be added. The student should make a careful study of all drawings of feathers, also of the feathers themselves. The mass of small feathers to make up the whole are confusing, but when one realizes that it is the direction that is important, a few lines of the right kind will give the desired effect.
If the feather is soft like those of the ostrich (Feather No. 1), it must be drawn with curvy lines, the ends of the lines forming the edge of the feather. They curl under. The vein is often prominent. When drawing a black feather, obtain the direction as in the lesson plate, ink it, leaving the direction white.
Draw the hat with the wings. Note how the feathers in the wings fit behind each other, some fines being drawn full length while others fall short. The hat shows a plane on the side, and one in front. When making a finished drawing, the planes are not apparent. See the lines of direction below the hat.
This hat has a high crown. Mark the center, curve the lines to be inked around the center in the direction of the hat, leaving high lights where the hat turns the corner.
Draw Feather No. 2. See how the vein is lost at the top where the feather turns over, and how the small feathers take sharp turns. Feather No. 3 is a paradise feather. Study the direction of the lines. Note how fine they are and how some are long, some short, the fines fitting between
each other. At the bottom they fit more closely together and take a slight reverse curve. Feather No. 5 is a feather which turns over at the top. Note the line of light where the feather turns and the little feathers which show at the edges.
Draw the ostrich feather, boa and tassels.
Feather No. 6 separates at the top, being in two parts. At the bottom one side only of the second part is seen.
Draw the pompon. The short lines curve around the edge and form the circle, only a few lines being drawn within its border on the dark side. The center, being left fight, gives the ball shape.