Shading Dagger Strokes
5: SHADING: Next we will work on shading techniques with
Dagger stroke: is next and is a very useful skill rendering hair
the airbrush. Now put your airbrush shading skills to work
for example or in lettering. The dagger stroke goes from
with this circle. First consider which direction your light
wide to a very thin point. At the widest part of this stroke
source will be coming from than apply shading as the light
you want to have your airbrush back away from the surface
source would indicate it to be. By pointing the tip of your
and as you travel down the paper move your airbrush closer
airbrush in towards the center of the object you can contain
while reducing the amount of color you are spraying. This is
most of the over spray within the circle. Make sure to fol-
done with your whole arm and upper body not just your wrist
low the shape of the object, in this case the circle. Do not
keep your wrist locked. Dagger strokes should look like the
try shading the circle by going straight across the circle but
4 on the right, dagger strokes on left is how they should not
around with the shape of the circle. Going straight across
look.The 2 examples on the left below the paint was applied
the circle will produce a flat round dot on the page not a nice
before I started moving the airbrush, not what you want to
round looking circle. Imagine it to be a ball and try to bring it
do. Once you get the dagger strokes down from wide to thin
to life with your airbrush. Put your shading skills to work on
try them thin to wide, right to left etc
other objects as well, a children’s coloring book is the per-
fect place to test your shading skills.
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