Hi, I had a similar questin recently and was directed to this link
rhymedcode.net/1001-wordpression-loops/
which had some really good examples, I think the featured post example may be exactly what you want as it has a featured post at the top, with the rest underneath and coding including in the second loop to make sure it doesnt display the same post as in the featured section above
https://rhymedcode.net/1001-wordpression-loops/feature/
