AIRBRUSH LESSON #5
Here in lesson #5 we will cover blending colors, which colors free hand shield or a plastic freehand shield,tracing paper.
to use for shadowing, working on a complex airbrush project *Bristol board is sold in most art stores/craft stores and is
progression and shaping the skills we learn in airbrush les- a card board type surface thats great for airbrushing.
sons #1 thru #4. Materials required: *Bristol board, Frisket The first step will be to transfer this simple flower design
film, hobby knife and new blade, Comart or Golden airbrush onto the Bristol board.
colors: Yellow, Violet, Red, Card board, poster board to make
There are numerous ways to accomplish the transfer I’m draw our design and than flip the tracing paper over and re
going to show you the one I use on just about all hard sur- trace the design on the back. Position the tracing paper on
faces I paint. I draw most my design on tracing paper as you the Bristol board and once again trace the design this time
can make changes, add to the design very easy. You want to transferring the pencil lead onto the Bristol board. There
keep your painting surface as clean as possible so drawing you have your design ready to go on the Bristol board, a
on the tracing paper allows you to ease, make changes that
pretty simple clean way to transfer a design.
if done on your drawing surface would make a mess. We’ll
I realize a flower might not be your cup of tea but stick with the Bristol board about two inches apply color from where
me and use these techniques in your subject of chioce later. the Frisket intersects out toward the outer edge of the ped-
Apply your Frisket film to the Bristol board and cut the sim- al just as I have done in the picture above. We are really just
ple flower out line out using your hobby knife and attach the misting the violet in you do not want to add a lot of color just
flower to your easel. As you can see I have labeled the flower one light pass of your airbrush will do. We are using violet to
pedals A, B, C; A being the pedals in the back, B being the add a drop shadow here as it’s one of the best colors to use
middle pedals and C being the pedals in the foreground. In for changing the tone of an over laying color in areas that
most case’s you will work your airbrush projects from back are in shadow. By adding the drop shadow here we will be
to front so we will start by removing the Frisket film off ped- creating the illusion this flower has depth and structure as
als labeled A first. Now using violet and staying back from you will see at the end of this lesson.
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