work progress – background airbrushed

0 comments By Kevin Filed in Uncategorized Tagged with acrylic, airbrush, Gia, gouache, masking, paint, pinup, therapist, work progress August 10th, 2010 @ 8:30 pm

I got to more than this today, but only took the one photo so far, so I’ll get describing the rest tomorrow.
Today, I masked out the image and airbrushed the background. I mixed grey, cerulean blue, and ultramarine blue with white acrylic, then covered the background loosely, leaving the edge of the paper nearly untouched. Once covered enough, I mixed black into the remainder of the blue color, thinned it out more, then created the shadow on the floor, as well as the edge of the wall, blending it lightly forward for a carpet look. Finally, I painted the frame of the diploma on the wall with brown gouache…
therapy02