Article · André Silva Tattooer
How to Paint a Traditional Tattoo Flash
By André Silva
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2023
About this lesson
A working tattoo artist lays out his personal six-stage method for painting flash: choosing the subject and palette, transferring the drawing to watercolor paper with a light table and dip pen, laying in monochrome ink shading, adding color with liquid acrylics or ecoline, and sealing the finished sheet with varnish, with specific paper and brush notes throughout.
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