Airbrush Help For Beginners
Airbrush Lessons
How to Airbrush Clouds
Jan 11th
In case you didn’t see, on Monday this week I attempted to make a “How to Airbrush Clouds” tutorial and it was a HUGE FAILURE. Blobs of white on a blue background does not a cloudy sky make (that’s my yoda impression in case you were wondering).
This time, I have taken a different route and had much more success. (more…)
Work In Progress: Airbrush Roses
Jun 6th
I have been looking for the perfect photo to try out a new technique on … and I think I found it! What I wanted to do was to try to use the technique that I often use for painting black and white photos and try it on a colored background. Now, I easily could have used photoshop to “make” a photo like I wanted by swapping out the white of a B&W photo for say, blue, but what I really wanted was a “real” photo that primarily only consisted of two colors… and this is it …
Isn’t it More >
Airbrush Flames
May 23rd
Learning to paint airbrush flames can be really frustrating and I think I have nailed down the reason why. Flames, and shapes within flames are really abstract shapes and to the mind that implies that any combination of abstract shapes jumbled together and painted the right colors should look like real fire – the problem is that this is NOT true! Yes, all the shapes in flames are abstract, but it takes a keen eye to see how they all fit together and even after you’ve studied flame patterns at length – there is no rhyme or reason to the More >
Black and White Airbrush Paintings in 10 Steps
Feb 11th
The above is one of my airbrush paintings from quite a while ago – long before I started this website – so, I will apologize upfront and let you all know that not every step is shown.
However, I think it still may be helpful to show you how I approach black and white portraits.
(of course, there are a million ways to do this – there are no right or wrong ways – only the way that works for you! Remember this is supposed to be FUN!)
For this project all that was used was:
- airbrush equipment
- black TRANSPARENT paint
- masking tape
- exacto knife
- frisket
- pencil
- a surface to More >
Airbrush Step by Step: Hockey Jersey
Feb 11th
In this airbrush step by step I’ll go through how I painted the hockey jersey shown above. I get lots of requests for these for baby showers – I guess it is something to make the Daddy’s feel included
To paint your own jersey, you’ll need the following:
- your airbrush equipment
- TRANSPARENT paints in the colors of your favorite team
- white OPAQUE paint
- frisket
- exacto knife
- marker
- a surface to paint on
Scroll down when you are ready to start!
Step 1To start this airbrush step by step you’ll need to draw out the shape of the jersey on some frisket film. I used a marker and cheated More >
Airbrush T Shirt Project: Simple Heart and Lettering
Feb 11th
For this airbrush t shirt project I will show you how I painted the shirt shown above.
For this project you will need the following:
- your airbrush equipment
- a selection of paints
- a t-shirt
- thin marker
- water color pencil
- opaque projector (or drawing skills)
- scrap white paper
Scroll down when you are ready to start!
Step 1Grab a piece of paper and a pencil and draw your design. I am not a drawer so it took me multiple tries to get the lettering right.
Step 2Using the thin marker, outline the the image.
Step 3Project the image onto the t-shirt stretched over a board. Trace your sketch using a More >
Tribal Tattoo with an Airbrush Tattoo Stencil
Feb 11th
This airbrush tattoo stencil is really simple to produce. All you need is a design, some time and a little bit of black airbrush body paint.
For this project I will show you how I painted the tattoo shown above.
For this project you will need the following:
- your airbrush equipment
- black airbrush body paint
- a little bit of frisket
- a model
Scroll down when you are ready to start!
Step 1First you need to find or draw a design. I am a terrible at drawing – so I “cheat”… I use the photoshop to create designs using free downloadable adobe “brushes”. Try More >
Airbrush Tutorial: Realistic Airbrush Flag
Feb 11th
For this airbrush tutorial I’ll show you how I painted the flag shown above, which is MUCH cooler than my previous flag! It uses the same technique of layering transparent paints, but, is a little more realistic.
For this project you will need the following:
- your airbrush equipment
- red, blue and black TRANSPARENT paints
- frisket
- exacto knife
- pencil
- black marker
- scrap paper
- a surface to paint on
Scroll down when you are ready to start!
Step 1To start the airbrush tutorial, use the masking tape to make a border around your painting surface – this won’t work without the border. Also, using a pencil, very lightly draw More >
Airbrush Tutorials: Small, Manageable Bites!
Feb 11th
Of all the airbrush tutorials – this is an important one… because rather than being about technique, it’s about confidence!
While the painting above looks really complicated and difficult, it was not terribly difficult to paint… all I had to do was break it down into smaller, more manageable parts…
Part 1First I came up with a plan … and sketched it all out.
Part 2The I worked solely on the horses bridle – and I worked on it till I thought it was as perfect as I could get it. Once happy with it, I covered it all up with More >
How to Airbrush Water Drops
Feb 11th
Airbrush water drops are very impressive and very simple to paint… just a few simple steps is all it takes..
For this project I will show you how I painted the water drops shown above.
For this project you will need the following:
- your airbrush equipment
- a selection of paints
- a little bit of frisket
- a surface to paint on
Scroll down when you are ready to start!
Step 1To start things off you will need to paint your surface some color other than white to make them stand out better. I chose a steely grey (or is it gray… I never know?) More >
