Intro to painting portraits with an airbrush

[@johngodfrey8367]

Excellent work as always

[@TheAIRspace]

Thanks!

[@dredfxcustompaint]

Nice one Bill 👍 great video

[@TheAIRspace]

Thanks Buddy!

[@mwebb-01]

I haven't realized you can paint on photo paper. What about the glossy paper? Thanks Bill.

[@TheAIRspace]

glossy photo paper looks good and presents well. lots better than this. If you don't mind the gloss. It will kind of absorb into the gloss layer and look just like a photo Although glossy poster board will do much the same. I really just painted this on a piece of photo paper so not to burn a panel or clayboard etc on a demo. And dont even have to cut it. Really not much difference in painting on this than on cardstock.

[@TheAIRspace]

oh i should mention.. you dont want to reduce heavily, because it will tend to get it to wet.. of course that depends how quick you paint. this took way more time to edit the video than paint it.

[@scottyboy6269]

Gonna see if I can try that finger position

[@TheAIRspace]

I don't hold my airbrush any other way really. I started holding it like that a long time ago when airbrushing caused my carpal tunnel to act up. Now I can paint for a long time without cramping. Ironically i can paint longer than I can draw without it bothering me.

[@davinlee3460]

What psi do you use for eyelashes?

[@TheAIRspace]

I am usually a fan of keeping my paint a little thicker when doing them, so they can be done in one stroke. So likely i was shooting around 30 PSI without a lot of reducer in the paint for this. If im wanting to blend and shade small things then ill reduce more and maybe turn down the pressure. But usually I just set around 30 psi and go.

[@bbwhite1955]

What kind of easel are you using

[@TheAIRspace]

its just a dry erase board propped up next to my mini booth.