All About Skin Textures - Step by Step Painting Tutorial

In this art lesson, we are talking all about techniques used to paint realistic skin textures with an airbrush. This tutorial is for advanced painters, but if you're up for a challenge give it a shot. Using a a custom airbrush shield that I made, we will discuss various ways to add micro values for skin textures (pores, wrinkles, imperfections, scars, acne, etc.) before adding in the major/macro values. There is a a lot to go over in this airbrushing tutorial, so this video will be followed up with another covering the rest of the portrait in a few weeks.

Part 2-    • Painting isn't as hard as you might t...  
Part 3-    • The CENTRAL FEATURES of a Portrait - ...  

For those who are interested, the art history in the beginning of this video is about the sfumato technique popularized during the renaissance.

Paintings mentioned:
Nativity, Antonio da Correggio, 1530
Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci, 1503–1506
Saint John the Baptist , Leonardo da Vinci, 1516

Videos mentioned:
Airbrush Erasers and Techniques:    • Let's Talk about Erasers  
Setting up an Artist's Grid:    • The Grid (narrated tutorial and art h...  
Setting up a smooth canvas:    • How to Prepare the Smoothest Canvas Ever  

My Favorite Airbrush Paint: https://amzn.to/3ENDstP
Second Favorite Paint (non-erasable): https://amzn.to/3JCKV2w
My Favorite Paint Erasers: https://amzn.to/3eLaK28 and https://amzn.to/3eJBGzf
My Favorite Soft Jaw Pliers for Airbrushes: https://amzn.to/3zx7XmV
My Large Compressor: https://amzn.to/3G0BJm4
My Small Compressor: https://amzn.to/3JyhzCn


Airbrushes:

Badger Sotar 2020- https://amzn.to/3JAzl81
GSI Creos PS-771- https://amzn.to/3FTMff1
Harder & Steenbeck Infinity- https://amzn.to/3pLtCUN


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