This painting was done on a metal panel (Size 18 X 23 In). To prep the panel
for painting I sand it with 320 grit dry sand paper and clean the surface with
acetone. The panel is primed with 2 coats of black epoxy primer. After drying
time the next step is to sand the primer with P500 grit paper to get a perfectly
smooth surface. Lastly I clean the surface with a tack cloth and degrease it one
more time with Upoly degreaser. I print the figure out to the right size, cut it
and fill the inside part with a thin coat of white AA paint. To avoid a sharp edge
I spray very light coats on the edges and I ‘m more generous with the paint in
the center part.
Because of the small size of the girls face;
specially the eyes and nose I use a special
technique .I always use transparent paints
or very thin opaque colors in my painting
but will change my technique this time.
With this painting I will use a 0.4 nozzle in-
stead of 0.2 and switch from transparent
colors to semi-opaque colors. For this face
I have drawn the main lines with regular
pencil and the shadowing with water color
pencils. Then I will paint the face right over
The technique I will be using in this paint-
the pencil with semi-opaque paints. The opaque paint covers the pencil: I should add
ing requires a very smooth painting sur-
that you have to use aqua color pencils for this technique. All of this design will be
face to achieve that I sand the white AA
painted freehand with my airbrush.
base with 1500 dry grit sand paper. Don’t
press down very hard while doing this you
are just looking to polish the surface more
or less.
The first stage is to spray the base skin
tone over the drawing. I use acrylic Dr
I prepare a new mixture of black with one
Martin Coral opaque color paint for this.
drop of blue. I shade slowly the eye lashes,
I want this color to cover the drawing (but
With a mix of black and brown I darken
the nostrils and the mouth center. I also
not totally) as I begin to build my light and
the shadows and give depth to my figure.
use this color to place the dark parts of
dark areas of the painting more color is
the metallic dresses and outline each part
used in some areas than others.
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