ALL About LANDSCAPES | An Airbrush Painting Lesson

This video is the first part on advanced landscape painting using an airbrush and acrylic paint. I tried my best to take a complicated painting and simplify it, so hopefully this one is helpful to some of you out there. Thanks for watching!
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[@Cyril-eu4gf]

Now that is art Mark. A piece that gets your soul and would be proud to hang on a wall. All we tend to see with the airbrush is skulls, flames or tattoo art. Good for gas tanks and T shirts and there is a place for that.

[@dormaettu302]

the texture of the mountains... really nice again.

[@theartworkshop]

thanks!

[@gideonros2705]

Wonderful demonstration. Hudson River School is one of my favorite group of artists.

[@theartworkshop]

Thank you! They are one of my favorites too.

[@alexfaktor136]

Beautiful work! Your Princesse de Broglie was a masterpiece, but I'm in love with this advanced landscape. Thank you for your time, effort, and patience. You are the only person I've found on KZbin who recreates the classic masters with an airbrush while teaching art history at the same time (and for free too). You are an excellent instructor and could be the next Bob Ross of airbrushed landscapes, one cloud at a time. Looking forward to seeing you finish these Almighty mountains. 👍

[@theartworkshop]

Alex, thank you so much for your generous support by becoming a member!! I greatly appreciate it and will be thanking you personally in next week's video. Really nice of you!

[@NucleusProductionsBE]

Just came across your channel as I was looking to use my airbrush (originally purchased for miniatures) again. This is a wonderful series! Love the techniques you showcase here. Hope I can replicate them (somewhat)!

[@theartworkshop]

Awesome, thank you so much! You can 100% replicate these techniques. If you need any help, just let me know.

[@handsofrhythm3415]

Take it one cloud at a time. Nice.

[@theartworkshop]

haha! There is no other way.

[@davewilkinson5315]

Thankyou for sharing how you go about painting. I especially appreciated you saying how long you took to paint it.(50+ hours).It really made me slow down and improves my painting so much more, instead of trying to rush through to the end. Again....thankyou dave

[@theartworkshop]

Thanks Dave. I know it looks like I'm rushing through these with the video edits and cuts, but I really take my time. Slowing down is so sooo important.

[@maquismark5852]

Wow! So many great tips and such a lovely mellow teaching style. So glad I found your channel. Cheers mate👍

[@theartworkshop]

thank you, Maquis! Hope it's helpful

[@perrymenos2283]

Thanks!

[@theartworkshop]

WOW Perry that is way too much!!! Thank you so so very much man. Incredibly generous of you!! I will be thanking you in the second part of this lesson on Friday. Too nice of you.

[@perrymenos2283]

@@theartworkshop I assure you I have spent more and gotten less. You are a great teacher. I'm happy to contribute!

[@theartworkshop]

@@perrymenos2283 well, it's beyond generous and I truly appreciate it.

[@FishItLures]

Thank you first time watching one of your videos. Very nice a great painting. Thank you for sharing.

[@christinaguindon3050]

Beautiful work and extremely helpful lesson. Thank you so much❤️

[@theartworkshop]

Glad it was helpful. thanks!

[@mariareginarosaria8927]

Great video! thank you for the lesson!

[@rockfoxdesigns]

I enjoyed the brief history you gave before painting and the painting. Very well explained 👏. Also, didn't know you could erase paint, I'll keep that in mind.

[@Selftaught_777]

Amazing.

[@francescotufoairbrushstudi2085]

thanks for this lesson, maestro.

[@theartworkshop]

thanks Francesco!

[@RyanJobbagyFineArt]

Great video as always!

[@spiderman5187]

Very informative great video thanks!

[@thomas3dprint_design]

this is so inspiring... 🤗😍 Can someone try with structural mass or Marble dust to model parts of the mountains? I suspect that this makes a few effects easier and better. 🤔😋

[@theartworkshop]

that is such a cool idea- like a sculpture within the painting! Not something that I can do but I think it would be awesome

[@RafaFonsecaArt]

Great work!

[@theartworkshop]

thanks man!

[@CharlesBlaze]

Have you ever painted over black gesso and can you make a video ???

[@theartworkshop]

I rarely paint on a black surface with an airbrush, just because I'm mainly using a subtractive technique for highlights. The fire painting I did on the channel a few weeks back was on a black surface. It was gessoed and painted black before I started airbrushing on it.

[@davidhuerta6703]

Love this video! This is helping prep for a commission and had questions where to start. I was wondering though, in terms if prepping the canvas or surface your painting, how do you transfer or draw on the landscape template? And also, how to do you get the tracing paper to match the shapes of the landscape template?

[@davidhuerta6703]

Like do you project it? Or hand draw via the grid you showed in the beginning of the video?

[@adaamk11]

great videos. Thanks. I have a question. Is it possible to paint oil paintings with an airbrush where the main medium is linseed oil? The pigment should be very transparent to have the right viscosity. What parameters should the airbrush and compressor have for this type of work? thanks a lot

[@theartworkshop]

Don't spray oil paints through an airbrush ever. So many dangerous pigments in many oil paints. ONLY use airbrush paint- very important.

[@CharlesBlaze]

Do you have any city scape or skyline airbrush portraits?

[@theartworkshop]

Not yet, but a good idea! I've done a lot in my personal life but none here on youtube yet

[@FilmFactry]

Can you "hand" erase right away, or do you wait for the paint to dry or set a bit?

[@theartworkshop]

I usually wait about a minute or so. If the paint is still wet it tends to smear rather than erase.

[@obyartist]

Great work what airbrush and compressor do you use…thanks

[@theartworkshop]

thanks. they are linked in the description (iwata micron takumi and a california air compressor)

[@RonnGarris]

Hi, can I ask where you’re finding your ink erasers? I can’t seem to locate them anywhere…

[@theartworkshop]

of course! I use Staedtler mars rasor erasers and Faber-Castell 7058b in erasers. I usually just buy them on Amazon but they are sold at most art supply stores as well.

[@Dude_Slick]

What brush are you using, and what size tip?

[@theartworkshop]

custom micron takumi .18mm. Linked in the video description.

[@Dude_Slick]

@@theartworkshop Cool. I'm feeling the need for a new piece. I have plenty, but you know there's always room for more. I'm thinking a Sotar or a PS771. Probably the latter, since I don't currently own a Micron. My oldest brush that I still use is an old school HP-C. That thing is still the most reliable workhorse in my arsenal, after being with me over 20 years.

[@Kooshtwo]

... The grass.... How the hell did you do the grass.

[@zironemegeaz]

Is their a cheaper gun that would be able to do the same thing? sub 100$

[@theartworkshop]

tons of options! one of my favorite detail airbrushes is the badger sotar 20/20. I actually just bought another one a few days ago for like $80. Creos also makes some very good detail brushes like the PS-270 which has a .2. Their ps-771 is a bit more expensive but one of my favorite detail airbrushes out today.

[@M.Shibli]

many thanks for your new vedio which is perfect as always can not wait until next friday to continue drawing with you ... and I hope from everyone who is happy to see your lessons and learn from them to think about what hard work for you to make lessons for os .so if you think he is a good teacher and you are happy with his way he helps us with airbrush then we must also help him subscribe to the channel so he could manage and help us more so be kind and think about it ...👍

[@theartworkshop]

So kind of you! Thanks so much!!

[@M.Shibli]

@@theartworkshop 🤙 🙏