Designs that include water droplets are one of the most popular requests from airbrush product customers.
Air brushing utilizes special equipment and the power of air to gently blow paint onto a canvas rather than using brushes. The most popular air brushed products are T-shirts and license plates. If you've ever looked through the salable designs of any airbrush artist, the water droplet design is one of the designs most requested by customers. Learning airbrush water droplets is not hard, especially if you follow these easy techniques.
Instructions
1. Create the outline of your water droplet. Use your airbrush gun and your blue paint to outline the shape of your water droplet on the canvas. You can use a perfectly circular stencil if you like but free-hand water droplets tend to look more realistic. When you're drawing your outline, use your airbrush gun to fade the paint inward towards the center slightly, making some edges heavier than others to give the water visual depth.
2. Airbrush a shadow to create a contrast outline on the water droplet. On the upper-right side of the water droplet use your black paint to lightly trace the inside edge (where the blue ends) with a very thin application of black paint. Don't make this line exceptionally heavy, you just want it to sit on the very inside edge of the blue to create the image of a shadow. You should only draw this shadow on one side, so do not use the black paint all the way around, just in that upper-right area.
3. Use your white paint to create the illusion of reflected light.
Add reflective highlights to finish off your water droplet. On the bottom left inside edge (directly opposite where you placed your black shadow) use your white paint to create a heavy white spot. To do this, just hold the gun away from the canvas and spray for a solid two seconds to allow the paint to concentrate in that area. From your dot, trace a white line to the left and the right, tracing the shape of the blue as you go. Remember, this should only be done on one side. When you're done it should look like a perfect droplet of water, with light reflecting off its surface.
