I like peacocks. They are very colorful.  I decided to use different colors from the picture.  All colors come from Mad Oils.  I like the micas, they are easy to mix.  This soap is made with Coconut, Palm, Olive, Sunflower oils.  I put White Ginger and Amber in the base only.  Even though it is not supposed to accelerate I did not want to take any chances with the peacock colors.

I made a couple of other soaps, the first I scented all the way through and it thickened real fast so the design stood above the top of the soap.  While that might be okay, it is not what I was looking for.  Then I made another without scent and learned a few things about making the peacock.  The batter stayed thin and workable until I was finished.

This peacock I went ahead and scented the base.  I only used 1.75 oz of fragrance so it is very soft and it did not thicken much before I finished.

I added some Celery to about an ounce and swirled it in to the base for a little contrast.

Trying to make sure I kept room I poured in the Peacock blue and then added circles of Lorne Green.  I pulled the skewer through each green circle to give it more texture.

Next was Purple Crayon, then a mix of Bubble Jo and Flirt, finishing with a smaller dot of Yellow Raincoat.  I then skewered through each.

I then put in the body of the bird.

I mixed a little Orange Crush with the yellow for the beak.  All in all it was fun to make.  I added another row of feathers to the top as noted in the first picture.

I like the ebru technique and can see many different designs one can make or fashion.  The key is keeping the soap very fluid so the design is flush as if you could put a piece of paper on it and pulling the picture off like the Turkish ebru artists do.