Airbrush Technique Issue 23 - (Page 4) Hello, my name is Tim Kohl and I would like to start by saying thanks for the opportunity to share my artwork with you. I’ll get started by telling you that I only use Spies Hecker automotive paints and Iwata airbrushes for my paintings. 1) In this first photo, I made a loose mask from a couple of drawings and cut them out to use as guides and templates for the artwork. I will simply layout a mask and lightly spray a little of my lightest gray color over it, just to mark where the skulls will be. I used five different variances of gray, which go from a very dark gray to almost black because are they are not meant to show up very well on the black bike parts. 2) I will spray all of the lightest portions of the artwork, then go back to my first piece and move on to the next darkest color, always spraying from light to dark. 3) Although washed out because of the camera flash, (I’m an artist, not a photographer), you can see that I have begun using my middle gray which helps me to begin shading in the eye sockets, nasal cavities and the outer edges to start making it more three dimensional and decayed looking. 4) Using my fourth variant of gray, I fill in more of the darker elements of the skulls and bones. Since all the grays are relatively similar, it can get a bit confusing from time to time to see where you’ve been, so take breaks and allow the new paint to dry because grays tend to dry darker, and that will help you to see what still needs shading in.
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