Automotive Airbrush with Ariel Castellaro Step-By-Step

About Ariel: “I’m an airbrush and digital artist. I live in Buenos Aires Aires, Argentina. I work on motorcycles, paintings and murals. All the sketches of my works are made in Photoshop with a Wacom digital tablet.”

- Ariel Castellaro

STEP 1

On an aluminum base I apply a flexible tape of 3 mm for the shape that then will be the metal tribal.

STEP 2

Horizontal airbrush lines, some thicker than others, others closer than others, randomly to the effect of brushed metal. For this use a mixture of 10 parts of black Candy and 2 parts of black opaque.

STEP 3

Masking from the line of the tape inwards with an adhesive film (transfer, used in the industry of the plotter) I apply a base of uniform black. Then I project the image to be painted, in my case I use an “Artograph Tracer”.

The image is not clear, so I apply a soft white base with the airbrush. Now with the clearest image, I give white following the volumes of the drawing. Then with a B4 graphite pencil I mark some reference lines.

STEP 4