Prior to 2010 there had never been a nationally accredited airbrush course. For Airbrush Venturi, this was a serious problem. It was clear that until the airbrush became an officially recognised trade skill, it would not be taken seriously.  Something had to be done.

So Airbrush Venturi invested tens of thousands of dollars and years of effort to break through the bureaucratic red tape and establishing the first ever VET Certificate II in Airbrushing.  While we are proud of what we have achieved, we still have much to do.

Q: What should a nationally accredited airbrush course teach? Should it teach the old slow cut stencil stylised techniques developed in the 1950′s, or should it teach high speed realist rendering techniques. The answer is obvious. 

The fact that the VET Certificate II in Airbrushing teaches you how to create realist rendering is no accident . . . this is the future of airbrushing.

As you read through the information about this course you will see that we teach the hardest subject matter there is, realist portraits.  The logic is that if we can teach you the hardest image type, then everything else is going to be easy in comparison.  If you can create a portrait that is realistic, as below, then doing wildlife, cartooning, fantasy images, landscape, etc will be easy in comparison.

 

VBP826 (Unit 1) 
Apply fundamental skills and structures of airbrushing. 

All the fundamental skills required to control a professional airbrush with confidence and precision, and paint simple portraits are covered. This is the crucial foundation level on which all the following units are based.  You will be painting portraits by the 15 – 20th hour of training. We guarantee it, even if you have no previous art or drawing experience. 
• 40 hours of training.

VBP827 (Unit 2)
Create black and white realist form & image deconstruction. 

This unit teaches you to break down photo references systematically and airbrush your own b+w portraits. You will create your first independent airbrush artwork (Audrey Hepburn). The Certificate II in Airbrushing is all about you becoming an independent airbrush artist.  By the end of Unit B you will creating artworks confidently at home.  Sinatra is “homework”.
• 40 hours of training.

 

VBP828 (Unit 3) 
Create black and white realist textural form.

Textures are vital to bringing your artworks to life; enabling you to creating amazing realism. Confidently combine form and texture to create a high level of realism will be a major milestone in your training. 
20 – 25 hours of training.

VBP829 (Unit 4) 
Create colour realist form.

You will be taught a simple but powerful color mixing system, and how to create colour groups called “artwork palettes” and then how to use these skills to independently work from colour photos and create accurate full colour artworks.  This is BIG course and is really two courses in one.
40 hours of training.

VBP830 (Unit 5)
Create colour realist textural form.

Combine colour, with form and texture as a fully integrated package is your ultimate goal, to achieve complete independence. This is the final of the five units.  You will be able to create realist full colour portraiture with confidence.
20 – 25 hours of training. 

 

You can do anything if you can do realism.

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