Mandy, I did this feather with the pencil case and smudge brush, all free hand, or I would be glad to send a script. One thing I learned was the effect that a #4H pencil has on what I call white paint is astounding. Try it, paint a white strip with #2 brush and alpha brush #2.2 and fast shader material and draw a line through it with a #4h pencil and then at 50% smudge just start smudging. I am not as experienced or talented as most of the people on this forum. I feel like a child that just learning to walk. Its exciting.
Hope I helped you Mandy.
Gibson