Push the boundaries!
Take your skills to the next level and learn how realistic silicone skin is created for 4K movies.
Ella McK how to paint movie grade skin & details with airbrush on silicone
£795 including goody bag of art supplies (worth £450!), plus your refreshments & lunches are included. You will get new friends for free!
Prerequisite: Students MUST have completed our Introduction to Airbrush class. This is an advanced course and not suitable for beginners.
Date: 10th 11th June 2025 (2 day class)
Other dates TBC September and December 2025
Location: Romsey, Hampshire, UK
Two days in beautiful Romsey, on the edge of the New Forest National Park (UK) taking your silicone painting skills to the highest levels. At the end of this course you will have created a bald full head & hands and completed a number of reference pieces that can be used to inspire your future creations. You will have enough supplies to paint at least 5 more realistic painted babies. You will have the knowledge to create and use the tools needed to make the airbrush more than just “washes and fades”.
Bring along your personal protective equipment & your airbrush, and we supply everything else that you need. Blank cuddle kit, airbrush tools, paints and pigments and more.
We provide coffee & tea, snacks and a healthy lunch (soup and home made bread)
At the end of your relaxing break, walk away with a ready to assemble finished head/hands , a goody bag full of painting supplies and tools. Your goody bag & doll kit is worth £450.
What you will learn:
- Health and safety for airbrushing
- Solvent and paint choices
- Try different types of airbrushes and understand the benefits & applications of each
- Correct selection of pigment types/features for different effects
- Intrinsic silicone colours for best results
- Creating undertones for all skin colours
- Micro detailing techniques
- Where to find and how to hand make tools
- Using digital manufacturing at home to create tools
- Methods of colour correction & why airbrushed paint can look different
What you will receive in your goody bag (Worth £290)
- Full set of airbrush compatible Pigments and paints
- Materials to make and create tools for effect
- Practice sheets of silicone
- Selection of solvent types for different uses (if you are flying home, we will adapt the solvents in the kit)
- Cuddle baby silicone kit
- Sponges, mixing pots and syringes for measurement
- If you want recommendations on airbrush / respirator please contact us
Payments: Non refundable deposit £150, remaining balance of £640 by 15th June 2025
Venue: The Doll School HQ (Hampshire UK SO51 8DT)
Date: 4th & 5th September 2025
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