Look at the rest of that row. They get longer and you can see the bottoms of some of them.

Make a little "M" shape and start making a bunch of random feathers and feather groups that follow the shape line.

Not all of the feathers are perfect ovals. In fact they change shape much more later.

At the top the feathers are so long that you draw the bases separately as openings.

Draw the bases of the feathers like this.

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