Painting Black & White Portraits | An AIRBRUSH Tutorial

[@tattooedteddy]

I said it before your an Amazing teacher I watched hundreds of airbrush videos and your abilities to articulate your approach makes me safe to try and follow along,

[@theartworkshop]

Thanks so very much! that means a lot to me and it's greatly appreciated.

[@mwebb-01]

I have to agree with you tattoed. Takes a special person to teach like this which makes his followers feel good. There are a few aroud in the airbrush scene that are like this.

[@72Moochung]

Couldn't have said it better myself, spot tattooed teddy

[@theartworkshop]

@@mwebb-01 wow that's so very nice of you to say. Thanks so much man!

[@theartworkshop]

@@72Moochung thanks so much!

[@PleasureRyland]

As always, I’m so grateful for these videos. I don’t have as much time for trial and error in my painting as I’d like, so the time I save by learning from you is invaluable. I hope one day you have a Dru Blair style school where some of us can go even deeper into learning!

[@theartworkshop]

WOW!! Ryland that is so incredibly generous of you!!! Thank you so much. I'm so glad that the videos are helpful. Really made my day.

[@mavster70]

Thanks Mark

[@theartworkshop]

Thanks so much Maurizio!

[@RyanJobbagyFineArt]

Quality videos week after week. Keep doing your thing! 😎

[@theartworkshop]

Ryan J. thanks so much man!! That's never expected. If you're enjoying the videos, that's the most important thing to me. But thank you very much and know that it's greatly appreciated.

[@souled3262]

I think you are one the best teachers on social media my favorite.

[@theartworkshop]

I'm happy you find these tutorial helpful! thanks again

[@dredfxcustompaint]

Totally agree with you 👍

[@atomizedart411]

Thank you Mark. I'm a fan of your portrait work. It is very inspirational to watch your detail come together. The depth you achieve is fantastic and learning anatomy is an added bonus. I look forward to your tutorials and appreciate all your content. Thanks for the lessons

[@theartworkshop]

As always, thank you so very much! That really means a lot to me. So glad they are helpful. Have a great weekend and get painting!!

[@MiguelFarias-tf3tn]

Great tutorial! Superb production values! Thank you for doing these wonderful videos, I can always learn something from them!

[@theartworkshop]

Thanks so very much Miguel! happy to hear it

[@louisliguore7199]

Great instructional video, I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos!

[@theartworkshop]

Thanks Louis!

[@dredfxcustompaint]

Brilliant video mark thanks for sharing your work 👍

[@theartworkshop]

Thanks Rob!

[@acandnine12]

Absolutely love your work. Your videos and instructions are so inspirational. Thank you.

[@theartworkshop]

thanks so very much!

[@ydrat2005]

Thank you for sharing your interesting experiences. Bravo

[@theartworkshop]

thank you back!

[@souled3262]

Thanks!

[@theartworkshop]

hey thank you so very much for this!! very nice of you.

[@TonyMount-sq3hi]

Your tutorials have helped me so much I never ever did portraits 4 months ago no I’m on my 5 th portrait and the improvement I’ve made is incredible from watching yourself and other great artists like dru great vid and thanx again wud love to get your r opinion on my work at some stage 🙏🏼

[@theartworkshop]

So glad to hear that Tony. Awesome that you are learning and improving with each one. I'd love to see your work man! My email is on the "about" section right here on youtube. Send me an email any time you'd like. I look forward to seeing your paintings!

[@angelinajoy3084]

Wow, you are a Master! And your work 😮. So glad I discover your channel.

[@theartworkshop]

Thanks so much, but I'm no master. Just someone who tries to paint and learns every day. I'm very glad that you like these videos though! The masters are the ones that we all try to learn from- Raphael, Caravaggio, Velasquez, Ingres, Bouguereau, Sargent, and so many more.

[@steveduke-je5ih]

Awsome first stage on the lady brilliant 👍

[@theartworkshop]

thanks!

[@imagineairbrushbillsnegon]

Another great tutorial, Mark! 🙂🎨

[@theartworkshop]

Thanks so much Bill! I hope you post some more of your work on youtube. You're such an awesome painter and I'm missing out on it. Hope you're well

[@imagineairbrushbillsnegon]

​​​@@theartworkshopYou're welcome, Mark! ... and thank you for your kind words! I hopefully will be posting more videos soon. It's been a very hectic time in the past couple of months, also I'm in the middle of having cataract surgery... my second one is on Tues. July 16th., then my wife starts hers. 🙂🎨

[@theartworkshop]

@@imagineairbrushbillsnegon Those cataract surgeries can work wonders I've heard. No fun I'm sure, but you'll be just fine. Wishing you all the best and a very speedy recover to both you and your wife!

[@imagineairbrushbillsnegon]

@@theartworkshop Yes, they are amazing surgeries! Thank you for your concern, Mark! 🙂🎨🙏

[@TrevorLinforth]

Amazing well done Mark nice to see you using other paint/ink it's very difficult to get airbrush paint in south Africa nice to learn about inks ect well done keep up the good work cheers Trev 🍻

[@theartworkshop]

Thanks so much Trev! I know that this ink is very popular in the UK and Europe, but it's very rare here in the US. What kind of paints are easily available to you in South Africa?

[@TrevorLinforth]

Hi Mark I used to use the dala sun color, more like a ink, but the problem is I could not get white. If you have a lot of patience you can get the createx color's which I ordered through Amazon it took one and a half years to finally reach me 😅but all good keep up the good work and thank you for helping us 👍 amazing cheers 🍻

[@theartworkshop]

@@TrevorLinforth that is quite the long wait! haha well, just find a brand that you can easily get supplied to you. I think that's the most important thing. Cheers Trev!

[@TrevorLinforth]

@@theartworkshop Thanks Mark cheers 🍻

[@ChritsianBucic]

Excellent tutorial!

[@theartworkshop]

Thank you! Hope it was helpful

[@raahulkhanna3962]

Excellent dear sir ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@theartworkshop]

Thanks!

[@AtelierArcasoy]

Great lesson and Schmincke review ! Thank you for the share Mark 💐

[@theartworkshop]

Thanks so much Mehmet. I've been loving the Schmincke line and will be ordering a few of the larger bottles. I don't know why these paints are so hard to get here in the US, because they are awesome.

[@devolvedspud6101]

Just watched the video. Great, thought I, I will watch the next one... er... where is it? Then I looked at the posted date... Ah phooey! Very much looking forward to the next instalment. Thanks for a great vid. 🖖

[@theartworkshop]

Thanks so much- next Friday!

[@devolvedspud6101]

@@theartworkshop How many parts are there, please?

[@theartworkshop]

@@devolvedspud6101 it will be 3! This friday we'll finish the rest of the portrait and next Friday will be an entire video on painting the hair.

[@Derfsairbrushing]

Subscribed your a bloody legend.

[@deanbrown7643]

Thanks Mark I'm into automotive art and not skilled enough for photo realism yet but great to watch 😊😊

[@theartworkshop]

Sure you are, Dean! Don't ever think you don't have the skills for a painting like this. You can paint like this or better by just sticking to it. Plenty of mistakes will be made. And I make more mistakes than you can imagine, but that's how we learn. If you need any help, you just let me know!

[@deanbrown7643]

@@theartworkshop thanks Mark with yourself and Rob dred fx in my corner I cant go wrong rest assured if I come across anything I'm not sure about I wont hesitate to contact you both thankyou 😊😊😊

[@theartworkshop]

@@deanbrown7643 Yes, anytime! and you can never go wrong the Rob at dredfx! He is one of my favorites as well.

[@DAllanArt]

Also using Schminke paints and im very pleased, they erase from Fabriano 140 lbs smooth paper and also Arches 140 lbs hot pressed. Nice tutorial Mark, i rushed from work when i got the notification on the video😂

[@theartworkshop]

Ah good old Fabriano Artistico- one of the greatest papers on the planet! It's the only brand I'll use other than Arches for my drawings. Those hot pressed watercolor papers are incredible but worth every penny. I've yet to try this paint directly on Fabriano but I have a block of their paper that I'll test it out on. Do you prep it at all or paint directly on it? Thanks Allan.

[@DAllanArt]

@@theartworkshop straight on it no prep, i only prep if i paint on canvas.

[@theartworkshop]

@@DAllanArt awesome, I'll give it a go. thanks again much for the kind words Allan.

[@JasonBrown-es5yw]

It would be pretty sweet to see some opaque underpainting glazed with transparents.

[@theartworkshop]

For sure! I used to paint like that all the time, but these days I mainly use the transparent/erasing techniques. I'd like to get back to it though.

[@mickaustin7251]

Fantastic

[@theartworkshop]

thanks!

[@darthstarone3532]

💪😎🎸 KILLA 🎸 i am leaning a lot 🦇

[@theartworkshop]

awesome to hear- thanks!

[@airbrushartistry]

Another great tutorial, how would you compare ink to illustration createx color?

[@theartworkshop]

Thanks so much! Both a very good paints. So far the Schmincke inks remind me a bit of com-art colors which I loved and used for many years. Way too early for me to decide if I prefer these over the illustration line, but it's fun to switch up paints for a while.

[@scoie276]

👏👏👏

[@nicomarrez]

I am a tattoo artist, i work specially with black and grey realism and this video is just perfect. I have watched many of your videos in the past few days and I am really excited to start my journey on airbrush. That being said i have a question, could I get a result as good as this in hard surfaces such as an automotive panel? I ask because i see you have a special use of erasers. And thanks for sharing such valuable knowledge!

[@nicomarrez]

Also, by what iv seen on your reviews I decided to go for an iwata eclipse and a ps771 creos

[@theartworkshop]

@@nicomarrez Two INCREDIBLE airbrushes imo. Honestly that is all you'll ever need- great choices! Yes, you can absolutely use these techniques on different surfaces like automotive panels. Each surface will require different pressure for removing paint. Something you just have to experiment with until your comfortable. I stick with gessoed surfaces like canvas, panel, or cotton paper so that it's basically all the same feeling and techniques. Just makes it easier for me. Hope this helps!

[@nicomarrez]

@@theartworkshop 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@MrTripletts]

With the white on white canvas ever get blue shift?

[@theartworkshop]

Titanium white is a very cool white, but that cooler color shift is most apparent when the white is sprayed over darker colors.

[@ChrisD-83]

Wow! I just discovered you! Are any of these references availibe in pdf etc? Im going to watch so many of these!

[@theartworkshop]

Welcome! I hope you pick up some tips to use in your own work. All the photo references for the studies (like this one) on the channel are from adobe stock. So if you have an account with them, you can download them there.

[@magcolor]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@theartworkshop]

Thanks mag!

[@stuart1525]

How did you transfer the image to start with please ?

[@theartworkshop]

I usually use a grid, but on this on I just traced the outlines from a large print out. It's a simple method. If you look at my eye tutorial from a few weeks back I go over the technique I used.

[@stuart1525]

@@theartworkshop ok thanks for the quick reply 👍

[@raahulkhanna3962]

Sir... Which color to use please tell me

[@theartworkshop]

This is just black and white using schmincke aero colors.

[@raahulkhanna3962]

@@theartworkshop thank you dear Sir 🙏🏻

[@angelinajoy3084]

Do you have online classes?

[@theartworkshop]

Just youtube!

[@angelinajoy3084]

If you will have a teaching class on line in the future, I would like to know.

[@keviin20061]

Would it be easier if you use the start out color over the whole face, And then switch to the next color and do the whole face. In this way, you would not have to switch colors in the air brush pin so much.

[@theartworkshop]

That is how I used to paint with an airbrush. I did it that way for many years. I found the odd color shifts difficult to manage when spraying opaque colors to lighten areas. It's also difficult to get a specular highlight as bring as paper or gesso with an airbrush, since layers are sprayed so thinly. I do still use a technique like that for oil painting and traditional paint brushes.

[@keviin20061]

@theartworkshop that was deep. Really your way is better to prevent mistakes of too dark. You can work that section at a time. I just better make sure I have premixed paint to match all of the face. but I see your logic. I'm try your method on a black and white portrait today. Thank you so much

[@theartworkshop]

@@keviin20061 happy to help! I'm going to follow this one up with a monochrome painting only using transparent black, just to show the differences. Prob in a month or so

[@keviin20061]

@@theartworkshop that will be something to see.

[@Cyril-eu4gf]

Sorry to say Mark but I won’t be following or contributing to anything airbrush related. I have just had enough from various elements your side of the pond. I have better things to do but wish you well.

[@theartworkshop]

What happened?!? I'm very confused. Please let me know what's going on when you get the chance Cyril.

[@theartworkshop]

Also to follow up, I just want to make sure that you are okay. That's the most important thing to me. So when you get the chance, can you please send me an email?