I am still working on the colouring of the skulls here. I am starting to get tighter
with the airbrushing now. I add a little more brown to my base mix and start add-
ing more detail in the skulls. I also then start to darken the bottom and backs
of the skulls. The reason for this will become clearer later on.
After adding more brown and a little red oxide to my mix I keep defining the
details in the skulls. I like to build my colours up slowly as it will give the skulls
more depth. It could be done with only a couple of colours but this will not result
in the same amount of depth.
This close up shows the detail in the skulls. Notice how the over spray has gone
over the eyes and teeth, I am not concerned about this now as I am going to be
airbrushing a darker colour in later and that will tighten up these areas.
I have now repositioned the skull stencils I used earlier. I use the stencils to
redefine the eyes and nose. The colour looks black but in fact it is a dark brown
mix made using a mix of yellow, bright red, cyan blue and black. I now go through
and add all the details to the skulls at this time.
I removed the white mask protecting the insert and have airbrushed the outer
circle to resemble a stone look, by laying down a mixture of white, black, and red
blue. I pin taped the outer edges with 3M 3 millimeter pin tape and back mask
the guard to prevent over spray. Once the base colour is down I add the stone
effect using black, blue, white and gray. I airbrush this section freehand coming
in very close to the surface to keep the detail tight. The outer and inner edge
was pin taped off and then airbrushed to give a chiseled effect. The wording
was cut out using a plotter and airbrushed in black. You may notice the over
spray in the middle, however this is not a problem as I am going to mask off the
oval and use this colour as my base for the mural. By doing it this way I am go-
ing to get less of a ridge in the middle.
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