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 think...   Part 3-    • The CENTRAL FEATURES of a Portrait - Paint...   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 histor...   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 These are amazon affiliate links for The Art Workshop. As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases. Using these links helps support my channel. Thank you!