Application: Custom Automotive
Classification: E - Educational
Running time: 70 minutes
Format: DVD Region 0
Sleeve notes:
If you seek to add depth and dynamic impact to your paintings, this advanced, detailed step-by-step presentation is for you. Conducted by kustom master Robert Benedict, 'Biker Skull' guides you through development of a professional-calibre painting of a skull in a leather cap. The techniques and methods demonstrated here have never before been captured on DVD, making this an absolute must for any artist's kustom library.
In this DVD, you'll learn:
- Surface prep
- How to force dry with an airbrush
- Advanced stencil techniques
- Razor knife techniques
- How to work with transfer tape
- Colour theory
- How to add dimension to a painting
- How to paint on a black surface
- How to use House of Kolor urethane paints
- How to transition from light to dark colours
- How to work with freehand stencils
- How to render white highlights
- How to establish a white base on a dark surface
- "Micro" airbrush techniques
- How to prevent tip dry
- Use of retarder for better flow
- Shadows and shading
- Colour mixing
- How to use kandies
- How to use black
- How to use reducer
Robert Benedict (1963-2007) had been airbrushing for more than thirty years and he opperated Black Dog Custom Paint & Airbrush, a successful kustom paint shop in Utah that specializes in planes, helicopters and bikes. Mr Benedict was an instructor at the prestigious Airbrush Getaway workshops and can be seen in two other DVDs:
Dynamic Lighting and Micro Airbrushing.
He was considered by Airbrush Action magazine and many of his peers to be among the best custom painters in the world. He will be sorely missed by his family, brethren, students, and industry.
