| TOOLS OF THE TRADE |
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| Pencils, pens, scissors, erasers and more.
"I use a Windsor-Newton series 7 water color brush #4 almost exclusively." |
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| "I use Gouache (a water color medium almost exclusively now for all my art."
Ross sticks to Nolbein Artists or Windsor-Newton Gouache paints. |
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| Ross uses an Iwata HPC airbrush.
"I airbrush something on almost every piece I do." |
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| STEP BY STEP |
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| After several sketches to finalize his design. Ross begins to pencil the final piece using photo references for the flowing cape |
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| Ross Begins to add details by using photos from magazines, books and photographs he has taken himself. |
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| Sometimes using props or items... |
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| The tight and detailed pencils before Alex gets ready to paint. |
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| Ross begins to lay in the blacks, outlines and shadows. Once the blacks are done he begins to paint in the gray shadows and textures...laying in a large range of warm to cool grays. |
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| "Once the black and grays are laid in, I start painting in the colors. Which ones I start with depends on the image and my instincts. Typically, I'll start with the primary colors or Dominant feature." |
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| "Once the colors are completed, I finish the piece with airbrushing. Virtually every piece I do requires some airbrushing, particularly to make the highlights gleam."
"Typically, I'll let the piece sit for a day and come back to review it, just to ensure I still like its impact and that I didn't miss something in painting it." |
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