Learning how to paint portraits? This may help.

[@gilbertnellis4840]

Hi Im totally new to airbrush painting and working within a very limited budget so progress is very slow for me. I am very keen to try out your instructions for painting. As a teacher myself, I find your presentation, pace and illustration, second to none - excellent! I look forward to more of your tutorials and would love to see some more landscapes. Outstanding!

[@FilmFactry]

I wasn't interested in doing portraits or airbrushing, but you inspired me to get an airbrush and try doing an eye. Very great info. Thanks.

[@johngodfrey8367]

Always first class. Thank you

[@joeroberts2860]

I really enjoy your videos I have been airbrushing for a very long time many years

[@BSCGDC]

Video is great, but the voice over narration is priceless. Thank you for sharing your processes.

[@theartworkshop]

Thanks so much!

[@fernandodavini6074]

thank you very much for this video its awesome

[@dieterdecuijper3841]

Love your videos, even after 7y of airbrushing myself I still learn a thing or two by watching your videos. If I may add, to those who are new to airbrushing. I see you use a piece of paper to place your hand on. But since airbrushing gives this overspray, or mist, it's very easy to create a soft edge of the paper if you spray to close to it. Even when using shields, if you spray too far away from the canvas, it's very easy to get edges of the shield you don't want. Which is very hard te get rid off. I'm not sure if you mentioned that in your video. Just some friendly advice to new airbrushers.

[@HDStencils]

I’m your 1k subscriber! Good work

[@TonyMount-sq3hi]

Great vids amd great advice as always

[@theartworkshop]

thanks!

[@francescotufoairbrushstudi2085]

very very good.

[@karabasbarabas642]

Благодарю🤝

[@edgarrestrepo3572]

Excelente obra , me gustaría saber sobre que material esta haciendo esta obra ,gracias por tu tiempo y respuesta

[@tonyhughes5677]

Your art is truly excellent. Can you please explain how you paint over your lead pencil reference Mark's with transparent paint and not see the reference pencil marks we finished.

[@theartworkshop]

thanks! I try to draw with a light pencil like a 4h, and use very little pressure. Then before I paint I go over the pencil lines with a kneaded eraser to lighten them up more. Sometimes you can still see some subtle pencil marks, but that doesn't bother me.

[@datairbrushguy510]

Amazing 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I’m still learning and looking for tips on portraits , I appreciate your and ur channel. #NewSub💯💪🏾

[@theartworkshop]

Thanks man! Best of luck with your paintings. It's a fun journey- Plenty more to come.

[@suspensefulness]

thank u soo much

[@RyanJobbagyFineArt]

Love your videos. Beautiful work and super informative! Curious if you’ve ever tried spraying acrylic inks. I know Liquitex offers a high quality line but I’ve never tried them myself. The Createx Illustrations are superb. Might be an interesting experiment to compare the two…

[@theartworkshop]

Thanks! Yes, I've used Liquitex inks and really like them. I used to use them a lot actually. They are excellent paints with no dilution needed.

[@RyanJobbagyFineArt]

@@theartworkshop excellent! I will have to give them a try!

[@day-knowmchoraji7615]

Very informative and educative too.. what's the name of the lady you airbrushing? Would like to download it and try the same step by step as in the video

[@theartworkshop]

Thank you. I bought it awhile ago on Adobe Stock. I'm not sure if it is still on there but I'm sure you'll find it if you search for woman/portraits. You need an Adobe account to use their service I believe.

[@michaelthompson1185]

Hey brother Mark where did you purchase that eraser holder. You are using it to erase the iris textures in the blue eyes. I believe the handle is orange or red!!!🎣🎣🎣

[@theartworkshop]

It's called the Koh-I-Noor Technigraph Lead Holder. It's the red one. I bought it at an art store called blick by me.

[@danyechry]

I am trying to figure out what is the best support for the erasure technique with oak dowel and pencil eraser. What do you think about it?

[@theartworkshop]

Definitely not canvas or a gesso surface! Gesso has more tooth and holds the paint too securely for a dowel. Synthetic paper is best for those techniques. LanaVanguard is a pretty good option for this, but I recommend trying out small samples of different substrates and see what works best for you. Best of luck!

[@rafaelcruz7459]

Amazing job my friend. Can you please share the templates that you use on this video. Some Amazon link?

[@theartworkshop]

thank you! I use these shields by artool- amzn.to/3HEeKOh

[@rafaelcruz7459]

@@theartworkshop Thanks a lot! 👍🏻

[@joge1342]

wow

[@Danksix]

How do you paint without constantly moving the picture to suit your preferred way of strokes? I've always found it fascinating - Is it a bad idea to rotate the canvas?

[@theartworkshop]

I just got used to it from years of painting this way, but no it's never a bad idea to rotate the canvas. Moving and rotating the canvas is a great thing to do. I prefer to rotate paintings if I don't have to record them for youtube.

[@Danksix]

@@theartworkshop Thanks for the answer! I'm more into desinging tattoos and for my own fun painting minis. One thing has always puzzled me - Since I do mainly drawing in black and white it's quite easy to rotate it when it's on table. How do you go about rotating the painting if it's on a stand? Are there stands for painting that do 360 or how people go about this?

[@theartworkshop]

@@Danksix well you can rotate the canvas on an easel by 90 degrees to get better angles and they do make some rotating easels out there, but they are limited. A lot of airbrush artists paint on a flat surface to help this.

[@andregrafia1914]

Muito bom

[@AllAboutUFC]

Thank You for a fantastic video m8! Can u spray createx illustration colours straight from the bootle or u have to add a drop of water? Your airbrush control is very impressive

[@theartworkshop]

Thanks man! Yes, they spray great out of the bottle even with a micron. But I like to thin them about 20% to 30%, so 10 drops paint with 2 or 3 drops of distilled water. Works best for me spraying at around 20psi. Hope this helps.

[@AllAboutUFC]

@@theartworkshop thanks a lot m8 I really appreciate it, just tryin to get back to airbrushing after many years, your videos are very very helpful, thank You again!

[@cyrilpreece2658]

Is the skin tone really 10 drops of red violet and 5 of burnt umber?

[@theartworkshop]

this was a while ago, so im not sure of this exact mixture. I still mix different flesh tones for every portrait to try to find a better one. I'm not that big of a fan of red violet anymore.

[@manicairbrush4395]

I'm fairly new at airbrushing and hope to make it to at least 1/2 your level someday. I always hear you saying you dilute your paint with distilled water. Do you use reducers at all or does it not matter? Are they essentially the same? Keep up the great work! Thanks.

[@theartworkshop]

Thank you! Most reducers are alcohol based with 90%+ water, and they do a great job most of the time. The problem is that they create a shelf life for the paint of only a few days (drying too fast) and sometimes gum up inside the airbrush. Distilled water is cheaper and works better in my opinion. Both break down the paint binder, so you only want to use as little as possible to flow through the airbrush. Hope this helps!

[@theartworkshop]

Also, I use createx 4012 reducer to clean my airbrushes out after each use. It's a great reducer and cleaner, but I rarely use it as a reducer anymore. I used to, but found distilled water to be superior.

[@manicairbrush4395]

@@theartworkshop Thank you, That explains a lot, Particularly with my white opaque. It seems to dry out extremely quickly in my brush even at 60% to 70% reduction. Then again it's been reduced for many many weeks. Thanks again. I look forward to more of your videos!

[@theartworkshop]

@@manicairbrush4395 Yeah, opaque white is a tough one to spray with the thicker pigment in it. If it's drying out, forget about it! A nightmare to spray. 4012/2011 reducers are great if you use them in one day. Gives a stronger paint film in the end, but I'm sticking with the h2o. Thanks for the kind words!

[@sureshsunaina2492]

I am an artist but not like your talent