Have you ever wondered how to achieve incredibly smooth gradients and lifelike textures that make your drawings pop off the page?
This comprehensive tutorial breaks down everything you need to know about combining airbrush techniques with colored pencils to create stunning, photorealistic artwork.
What You’ll Learn:
The absolute foundations of airbrushing:
We’ll start from the very beginning – You’ll discover how to control air pressure, master paint consistency, and build up layers gradually. Think of airbrushing as painting with light itself – it’s all about understanding how to create those buttery-smooth transitions that are nearly impossible to achieve with pencils alone.
For this introductory masterclass, we are keeping things nice and simple by working in monochrome to really allow you to establish a foundation for this mix medium techniques without the stress of colour.
Why combining Airbrush and Coloured Pencils = Magic:
Here’s where things get really exciting! While airbrush gives you those gorgeous, seamless gradients and soft effects, coloured pencils bring precision, fine detail, and texture that airbrush alone can’t match. In this tutorial, you’ll see exactly how these two mediums complement each other so beautifully.
- Airbrush lays the foundation – building up your base tones, creating depth, and establishing those crucial light-to-shadow transitions
- Coloured pencils add the soul – fine hairs, intricate details in the iris, subtle texture variations, and those crisp highlights that make eyes truly come alive
Using this detailed horse eye as our subject, you’ll learn techniques that apply to any realistic drawing project. We’ll cover layering strategies, how to maintain clean edges while blending and the secret to making reflective surfaces look genuinely three-dimensional.
This class is perfect for:
- Artists ready to take their realism to the next level
- Anyone curious about airbrush but unsure where to start
- Coloured pencil artists looking to add new depth to their work
- Students wanting to understand professional mixed-media techniques
The best part? You don’t need to be an expert in either medium to get incredible results. This tutorial is designed to grow with you – whether you’re picking up an airbrush for the first time or looking to refine your existing skills.
Ready to create artwork that makes people do a double-take? I’m here to help ❤️
(Please note that this one will not be available via Patreon at present but is available via my website to purchase and keep forever) ❤️
Over 2 hours of guided real time drawing and informative voice over delivered in video format. Upon purchasing, you can watch at your own lesiure.
Upon download, you will recieve a link to watch the masterclass as well as reference photo, line art and full material list should you wish to follow along.
Intro to Airbrush and Coloured Pencil Masterclass
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