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AIRBRUSH LESSON THREE
By Don Johnson
Airhead
Airbrush.Com, Inc
www.airbrushartistmagazine.com
www.airbrushtechniquemagazine.com
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Here in airbrush lesson number three we
are going to render a palm tree using the dagger strokes you have been
practicing.
You will need: pad of news print, double action airbrush,
compressor and color of your choice (black is what I use here).
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To start we will render the two palm
trees. In the middle of your paper put a dagger stroke going from fat on the
bottom to thin at the top. Make the stroke 4 or 5 inches long. |
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Now to the left of the first
dagger stroke let's put another one. These will serve as our palm tree
trunks. |
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Now at the top of each of those dagger
strokes add small dagger stokes going both right and left of the palm tree
trunk. |
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At this point your painting
should look similar to mine above with the small dagger strokes at the top of
the palm tree. |
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Now at the bottom of the
palm tree put a dagger stroke going from fat at the base of the tree to thin
away from the tree. This will serve as our ground or top of our Island.
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Now do the same going to
the left. |
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Pictured above we will add small dagger
strokes going from fat at ground level to thin in the sky. These of course will
serve as our grass on the island. |
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You might want to add a few
mounds of grass else where on your island as I'm doing above. |
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Now we can add our water
line where the waves will be breaking on the beach. |
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With the water line in place
we can now add some waves by using big fuzzy lines going across the page.
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Above add a shadow for your
trees going down the island and out into the water. |
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To render a sun or moon
which ever you prefer to call yours we will use the top from a can of spray
paint. |
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Hold the can top in between
the two palm tress add a little color all the way around the can top.
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Pull the can top off and
your painting should now look like mine above or better. |
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Now within your sun or moon
using small dagger strokes add some birds. Start at the center fat and go out
thin on the right side. Come back to the middle and do the same now going left.
Add a little curve to the birds wings makes it look more like a bird in the
distance. |
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And there you have it your
first completed painting in less than 5 minutes. Please continue to play around
with this lesson adding different colors more trees maybe even a boat. I hope
you enjoyed this. It's accomplishing simple little paintings like this that
will give you the confidence to move on and try more complicated paintings.
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I hope you found
this article helpful.
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airbrushing, kustom painting are my airbrush, kustom painting magazines. Check
them out via the links below. Until next time "It's just paint" have
fun.
Airbrush
Technique Magazine
Airbrush Artist Magazine
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