Airbrush Step by Step – July 2019

STEP BY STEP | The Flying Saucer

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Detailing the trees

For the trees located on the

left hand side, I use the blue-gray color.

The closer I come to them, the darker

they become. I achieve this effect with

dark blue, but without any black. On

the right side of the tank, I spray the

trees with dark green as a base color

hue. While doing this, I start with the

trunk and then paint the branches, be-

ginning from the top with dark green.

In the second step, I use light green for

the lights and the details of the twigs

and branches.

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Brush work

Now it’s time for the detailed work and some more

paints. Using a fine paintbrush, I add some more sharp tree

trunks. I paint the darkest shadows of the pine trees with

black. Using a very light green, I paint the lightest points of

the branches. The trees located closest to us now have more

contrast. I’ve begun painting the pine on the trunk. When

I paint the branches, I move the airbrush in the direction

that the needles grow. Once the base is created, I paint the

smallest details with the paintbrush. That works best when

you’d like to paint pines.

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Owl

After I’ve completed all of the

trees, I decided to add another owl.

Using transparent masking film, I tape

up an area in the pine, cut out the form

of the owl and spray it with white.

Using that paintbrush, I then paint the

eyes, wings, and claws. I spray on some

more highlights as well as the shadows

using the airbrush. For my brushing

works, I prefer to use a short, fine, and

sharp paintbrush.

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Transporter ray from

the UFO

I first establish the “transporter ray“

with a very strongly diluted white and

then color it in with transparent paints.

For this, I spray in soft progressions of

Lime Gold, Organic Green, teal, and

purple on top of the white. In conclu-

sion, I spray the transition from the ray

of light to the sky with cobalt blue.

Once I’ve finished up with the trans-

porter ray, I add another coat of clear

varnish to the tank to save my most re-

cent results.

The upper side of the tank