I had a request to do a tutorial on painting angel wings. So here are a couple new video tutorials that show you how to paint feathers in Photoshop. You have to walk before you can run, so these should be where you start.

First, we have a normal feather:

And then we have a peacock feather:

These establish a base for painting a single feather, and part 3 will show you how to paint entire wings and such using the methods learned here (stay tuned)

Finally, here is an example of what you can do (click for larger image)

In addition to making albino peacock feathers, these also make great phoenix feathers