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Part 6: Highlighting and Illumination

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Part 8: Final Details and Edges/Closing Thoughts

Part 6: Highlighting and Illumination

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Part 5: Painting the Dress

Part 4: Painting the Hands and Arms

Part 3: Background, Hands and Edges

Part 2: Mastering Edges and the Background

Part 1: Establishing the Face and Hair

Part 8: Final Details and Edges/Closing Thoughts

Part 7: Texture and How to Distress the Background

Part 6: Highlighting and Illumination

Lesson Overview

Skill Level: advanced

Length: 17 Minutes 53 Seconds

Description:

Most artists will do their highlighting with straight white that is too brash. In this lesson, I will helping you learn the value of scaling up your highlights from dark to light. This will allow your images to have a true life feel and illumination and glow.

Course Materials

Noah's Iwata Micron Airbrush

Medea Com-Art Transparent Black Paint

Medea Com-Art Opaque White Paint

Holbein Aeroflash Sepia

Flannel Gray - Warm Medium Grey Acrylic Background Paint

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About The Instructor -

Noah Elias

Noah Elias is the founder and CEO of Great Flood Publishing Inc. and Noah Studios Inc.. Noah was Voted Top 25 Artist in the World by Art Business News Magazine and is the creator of “The Kid In Me™” which tells the adventures of the kid in each of us through the eyes of a child. His previous projects include Lexus, Toyota, MTV, Microsoft. Noah was recently voted by Microsoft as one of the 10 most influential companies under 10 employees. Noah is the founder of Noah University which helps equip and empower entrepreneurs into a successful business and lifestyle. Noah is the author of the best selling book “Speed Bumps” and the life transforming book “#Fearhunters” which helps people remove fear and shame from their life so they may live in their true identity and calling. Noah’s creations have grown to partnerships with The Walt Disney Company, Costco as well as Lucas Film Ltd..