Airbrush Technique Issue 21

My name is Rich Milo I like to paint in the style of what is called “Magic Realism”. I enjoy using a combination of an Airbrush and Hand Brush. By layering the two I can come up with an effect in my paintings which is pleasing to me and hopefully to the viewer. In this step by step I have focused on the process by which I put together the elements which make up a large canvas of 48”x54”. The title of this painting is “DESTRUCTION OF NATIVE AMERICA” . To see a video of this step by step it can be viewed at my website www.miloart.com. First I begin by stretching a canvas and then wet sanding it after applying 8 coats of gesso each one dry sanded and the last one wet sanded. Next I accumulate all the reference photos which will make up the image of the vision I have in my head. I then begin the drawing process. In step one I am seen drawing from my photograph reference using just a grey mid value watercolor pencil and a black one. I can pretty much get all the values I need depending on the pressure I use when drawing. I try to make the drawing as perfect as possible. I usually add each image working from the foreground to the background so as to avoid over lapping images and having to erase. Watercolor pencil just washes off well with a damp rag if you have to redo any part of the drawing. Here in this step I will show you a progression of the drawing. Here is the completed image. At this point I look at it and adjust any value problems darkening or lightening areas if necessary. After the image is exactly the way I want it, I seal it with 1 or 2 good coats of Krylon matt medium #1311 It is now time to start the painting process. When I am doing a fine art canvas like this one I like to use Liquitex Heavy Body paints, which I will thin out and bring to an airbrush consistency. I am beginning here with the Statue of Liberty. When I paint each image I don’t let the over all painting overwhelm me. I simply treat each piece of the painting as if it was the whole. I usually find a local color and build the entire image that I am painting with that color and some white, molding it slowly. After that I introduce the dark colors and the highlights, which are value variations of the first color. http://www.miloart.com

Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Airbrush Technique Issue 21

Airbrush Technique Issue 21 Tom Banks John Phillips & Javier Soto Lorin Gipe Patrick Kelly Paul Shaw Easyrider V-Twin Show Airbrush Fitto Kicks Korner RIch Milo John Avila ABT Reader Meet and Greet

For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.