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Above : To come up with this
flower design I used several different drafting French Curves; these you can
buy at just about any office supply store. With the design laid out on the
painting surface apply Frisk masking film. Work any air bubbles out by working
from the center out toward both sides. Carefully cut the design out, use a new
blade in your knife and you will hardly need to apply any pressure to cut the
film; let the blade do the work your hand will follow your eyes. Cut the design
out so that pencil lines are inside the area you will be painting; do this so
you can ease the pencil lines as you pull the Frisk Film off too paint. As you
pull the frisk film off be sure to ease any pencil lines showing. Make sure you
keep the Frisk backing paper to store the Frisk cut outs on as we will be
replacing some of them later. Start by pulling the center and stem Frisk off
first. Make a reference mark on the center frisk film as we will be replace it
back on the center. Now using transparent Burnt Umber airbrush an area of
shading into the center, leave the very center much lighter as the sides are in
the shade much more than the center would be. Chose which direction your light
source will be coming from and apply your Burnt Umber accordingly. Use a darker
color like the Burnt Umber and it will make that area seem further in the
background (it's a cool color). Leaving the center white will pull that area
forward in your painting helping to define the center of the flower as being
closer. Use the lime green on the stem; here you want both side's darker with
the center of the stem lighter. This should appear to push both sides back and
the center of the stem forward.
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Above: With the Cadmium Yellow
airbrush color into the center of the flower and down the very middle of the
stem to warm that area, bring it forward. The yellow being a warm color will
trick the human eye into bring that part of the painting forward. Replace the
center and stem Frisk Film. You can read more detailed information about the
use of warm and cool colors in Airbrush Artist
Magazine.
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Above: With the Frisk Film
replaced in the center of the flower and on the stem pull the upper most peddle
Frisk Film off (upper most being upper as I have airbrushed above). Use Lime
Green to add shading where the peddle goes under the center of the flower and
to give the peddle some form. Pull the next Frisk Film off and do the same; I
do not replace the Frisk Film as I move on too airbrush the next peddle. Use
low PSI and over spray will not be an issue; 10 to 12 psi. The goal with these
practice painting's is for you to learn to control your airbrush; the best way
to do this is get that air pressure down as low as possible. The lower the air
pressure the slower you can move your airbrush and the more control you will
have. The more control you have your ability to render fine detail becomes much
easier. So crank that pressure down.
Above: Continue one peddle at a
time, one after the other defining the peddles with the
green.
Above: As you can see all the
peddles have the green applied to them now it's onto the next
step.
Above: Now using the Cadmium
Yellow and staying back several inches from the paper fog in the flower peddles
with a nice light application of color. Pull the center and stem frisk off and
touch up any area needed with the yellow. You can see all the over spray on the
Frisk Film surrounding the flower.
Above: Pull the all the remaining
Frisk Film off and your painting is complete, sign your name and hang it on the
refrigerator door as your first airbrushed painting. Until next time remember
its just paint, relax and have fun. Don Airhead at Airhead
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