Airbrush Help For Beginners
Fine Art
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 >
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 Portrait in Time Lapse Video
Feb 11th
What a find!!! This airbrush portrait is STUNNING!!
It’s so rare to find a full length time lapse on youtube! And this one is great… I’ll blather on about it at the end cause I know you just want to get to the video
I so happy I stumbled across this…. Normally, I watch Chris Scalf’s(the artist) youtube videos for his amazing photoshop skills – you should check out his photoshop dragons – they are absolutely breathtaking.
In fact … they are SO good, that as a BONUS CLIP I’ll add one of my favorite photoshop dragons of his at the bottom – 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 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 >
Airbrush Training at the Blair School of Art
Feb 11th
If I had a pocket full of money the first thing I would do with it is get my butt to the Blair School of Art for some serious airbrush training!
If you are into fine art airbrushing the Blair School of Art is bar-none the ONLY place to go! Dru Blair is one of the worlds BEST photo realism painters and is the greatest instructor EVER!
If you want to skip my commentary go ahead and check out his website for yourself:
My CommentsRight up front … I have not personally been to the Blair School More >
Fantasy Airbrush Art: Space Scene
Feb 11th
A popular theme in fantasy airbrush art is space scenes… and the great thing is that they are fairly easy to produce…. you just need a little imagination.
For this project I will show you how I painted the simple space scene 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 1First things first … you will need a surface that is painted jet black.
Step 2Now to add some stars to this black sky. You would think it would More >
How to Paint Airbrush Foliage and Leaves
Feb 11th
For this project I will show you how I painted the airbrush foliage shown above.
or this project you will need the following:
- your airbrush equipment
- a selection of paints
- a spray bottle of window cleaner
- paper towel
- a surface to paint on (preferably one that can handle a little moisture – so not paper)
Scroll down when you are ready to start!
Step 1To start, mask off the area that you want to create foliage in – I kept it very simple and plan to paint the whole surface as leaves, but if you have an outline of trees and a skyline, you can More >
