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An idea I just plucked out of my head.

Like the pun ;) Can you reuse that feather of will the paint make it to hard?

It's koh-I-Noor watercolours, they only stain it.

Oh okay so you are left with a beautiful feather as well :)

I just thought- you know that is a painting of a feather in blue? Not the actual feather I used to paint with placed on the page- that is still brown but with green tips.

Oh I thought it was pressed, Well then that feather looks life like :)