Here is a close up picture of the face; no- With the same thin black paint I continue With transparent brown I start to quickly
tice how the eyes are done. Starting the to build slowly the dress. Next I come back build the hair. To keep a particular atmo-
painting by using pencil gave it a natural over the skin tone and darken areas very sphere I have chosen to work with only few
effect, very apparent with the lashes. slowly with thin transparent brown and colors. I use this brown color also to paint
pink. The final touch to the skin is done the dresses coming back over the darker
with a coat of thin opaque coral color over parts to shade a little bit the black color
the full skin area.
and start to define the dress further.
With the same thin brown I build layer af- With thin white and my 0.4 needle I build This is what airbrushing is all about; free
ter layer of hair. I work from light color to the skulls shape. The reason to use 0.4 handing the skeltons with white building
dark by adding drops of transparent black needle instead of 0.2 is to enable me to up their shape up very slowly.
paint with each layer. To render specific spray more consistent paint avoiding to
hair I kick up the air pressure and work much of a blur effect. To render the basic
almost with the needle on the surface. To skelton shapes I use a home made paper
finish I add some reflections with very thin stencil held in place by magnets.
white paint.
The same technique is used to add differ-
With a mix of black/blue I add some depth To keep a creepy atmosphere I use the
ent skulls, reapers in the background keep-
to my skeltons by outlining them. I also same very thin brown to color the skel-
ing in mind I don’t want to over power the
start to darken the main shadow areas. tons and increase the creepy look with
main character in the painting the girl.
green.
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