Black shading?

[Gannon]

Paintmasters,

Is it possible to shade black clothing? If so, how and any pics examples?

Thanks!

[HereBeMonsters]

Shading black? Absolutely,on Draculas pants and jacket I started with a medium gray primer color.and built up the layers of black with the airbrush but left a hint of gray along the folds and creases in the clothing to give it depth and dimension.Black can be shaded with blues,purples even brown tones depending on the character.

[Gannon]

Originally Posted by HereBeMonsters

Shading black? Absolutely,on Draculas pants and jacket I started with a medium gray primer color.and built up the layers of black with the airbrush but left a hint of gray along the folds and creases in the clothing to give it depth and dimension.Black can be shaded with blues,purples even brown tones depending on the character.

Thanks for that! Just to confirm that the best way to do it is to start with a light colour underneath and then add the black on top, variying the thickness of the layers to add depth?

BTW, lovely pic! Great work!

[Danno]

Hey Gannon,

John method is one gret way to build up a nice highlighted effect.

Another way is to use black as your base coat (a flat finish black typically works best for fading out the highlights). Then mix up your highlight color (typically a opaque white tinted with a hue to get a desired effect) and thin the paint heavy so that it is very transparent (thinning with alcohol is recommended with a good paint like ComArt or Golden so that it dries very fast on the surface at about a 15 to one ratio) and slowly work your highlight color over the tops of the folds and such. As the color is translucent, it will only highlight and provide depth as you build it up.

[epul raviv]

anyone have the sample images? thanks for share this tips.

[C. Bormann]

Here are two pictures of my NIGHTWING statue. One is my finished paint photo, using multiple house lights WITHOUT a camera flash. The other is of artist Scott McDaniel autographing the statue at a convention, using a camera flash. You can see how the intense lighting shows the tones of black and gray, compared to the normal house lighting, which represents how the statue looks in person.

[skorpsta]

very nice!!