Description

If you’ve already worked your way through Part 2 of Julia’s Airbrushing-Stenciling Intensive (Starter Stencil Designs), it’s time to step up your cookie designs with Part 3! By the end of this part, you’ll be well on your way to airbrushing-stenciling cookies that you had previously only imagined were possible. As a reminder, Julia’s four-part course represents the sum-total of all the lessons she learned (often the hard way!) about airbrushing and stenciling on cookies while developing her JULIA-brand stencil line and related tools from 2016 to 2024. Though the overarching goal of this course is to help you become a more confident and proficient airbrusher-stenciler of cookies and a smarter consumer-user of airbrushing-stenciling tools, each of the four course parts (see “Notes” below) has distinct goals of its own.

In Part 3, Julia extends the lessons of precision-control airbrushing, shading, and conscious color commingling taught in Parts 1 and 2 by advancing to multicolor stenciled cookies using four, five, six, and even more colors and up to two masks/layers (or stencil overlays)! As in Part 2, Julia continues to work with stencil sets in her own Prettier Plaques™ and Dynamic Duos™ lines to demonstrate her key lessons. However, you needn’t purchase the exact same sets she uses to get the full value from this part of the course. Again, just as in Part 2, you can substitute other JULIA stencil sets or others’ layered sets that you might already have.

Once you’ve purchased this lesson, you’ll automatically receive a receipt with a link to the downloadable course handout, which encompasses all four parts of this course. Specifically, it includes links to Julia’s preferred airbrush system components and stenciling supplies, a recap of the course’s key lessons, inspiration images, and more. Then, simply return to this page to view the tutorial as often and for as long as you like. If you are logged into the site, the sneak peek video above will disappear and be replaced with the full-length video. To log in, simply go to the upper right account area of the site (in laptop viewing mode), and enter the username and password you created at the time of purchase.

Notes:

1. The four parts of this course include:
   • Part 1: Airbrush System and Handling Fundamentals/with Troubleshooting and Routine Cleaning (see the “Video Tutorials” section of this site)
   • Part 2: Starter Stencil Designs/Single- and Dual-Color Designs with up to One Mask/Layer (see “MORE LIKE THIS” below)
   • Part 3: Advanced Stencil Designs/Multicolor Designs with up to Two Masks/Layers (YOU’RE HERE!)
   • Part 4: Creative Embellishments/Going Off-Cookie with Airbrushing-Stenciling (see “MORE LIKE THIS” below)
2. Parts 3 and 4 are also available in a discounted bundle, as are Parts 1 and 2 (see “MORE LIKE THIS” below).

Details

Skill Level: Beginner to advanced, as even advanced decorators will learn from Julia’s signature airbrushing-stenciling techniques that are reinforced in this lesson

Video Format: Professionally filmed and edited in studio setting

Video Length: 1:40:07

What You’ll Learn in Part 3 (3 Primary Topics):

• Introduction to Julia’s layered stencil sets used in Part 3, including:
  • review of her Thank You, I’m Yours, Pretty as a Flower, From Paris with Love, Birds and Bittersweet, and Hopping into Spring set contents
  • review of how Julia’s Prettier Plaques™ and Dynamic Duos™ lines differ
  • demonstration of how to use the background stencils, masks, and stencil overlays in these sets to create varied and richly layered stencil designs
• Multicolor designs with one mask/layer, including:
  • how to smartly choose colorings to ensure that attractive blended colors emerge (aka conscious color commingling)
  • how to best secure/weight stencils and masks, and apply colors to avoid underspray and overspray
  • reinforcement of precision-control airbrushing and shading techniques taught in Parts 1 and 2
  • use of Julia’s shading stencils to add color and interest around stencil overlays
  • differentiation between two shading methods (or angles)
• Multicolor designs with two masks/layers, including:
  • how to smartly choose colorings to ensure that attractive blended colors emerge (aka conscious color commingling)
  • how to best secure/weight stencils and masks, and apply colors to avoid underspray and overspray
  • reinforcement of precision-control airbrushing and shading techniques taught in Parts 1 and 2
  • use of Julia’s shading stencils to add color and interest around stencil overlays
  • use of two-part stencil overlays for ultra-layered effects (i.e., bunny in Hopping into Spring set)
  • review of two shading methods (or angles)

What You’ll Receive:

• Forever-access to Part 3 video recording on this site
• Detailed 74-page course handout (don’t worry; it’s mostly photos!) for Parts 1 to 4 including:
  • Course goals
  • Inspiration images (primarily for Parts 2 to 4)
  • Airbrushing-stenciling supply list with source links
  • Recap of key lessons in each course part
  • Compressor and airbrush gun feature comparison charts and other video graphics
  • Julia’s preferred system components with source links
  • Troubleshooting tips
  • Additional resources to advance your airbrushing-stenciling skills
• Access to Julia via email or Superpeer for course Q&A (at any time, though please allow 48 hours for a response)

Video Outline (Time Stamp):

• Course and Part 3 introductions (0:00 – 2:11)
• Tool overview for Part 3 (2:12 – 4:58)
• Introduction to Julia’s layered stencils sets used in Part 3 (4:59 – 17:20)
• Multicolor designs with one mask/layer (17:21 – 53:47)
  • Multicolor/one-layer design using Thank You set, plus reminder of stencil and mask securing methods and definition of conscious color commingling (17:44 – 27:22)
  • Multicolor/one-layer design using I’m Yours set (27:23 – 32:09)
  • Multicolor/one-layer design using From Paris with Love set (32:44 – 37:46)
  • Multicolor/one-layer design using Pretty as a Flower set, plus more conscious color commingling tips (37:57 – 45:49)
  • Multicolor/one-layer design using Birds and Bittersweet set, plus review of two shading methods (or angles) (45:52 – 53:20)
• Multicolor designs with two masks/layers (53:48 – 1:35:04)
  • Multicolor/two-layer design using From Paris with Love set (53:56 – 1:03:06)
  • Multicolor/two-layer design using Pretty as a Flower set (1:03:08 – 1:14:34)
  • Multicolor/two-layer design using Birds and Bittersweet set (1:14:35 – 1:23:37)
  • Multicolor/two-layer design using Hopping into Spring set, with demonstration of two-part stencil overlay (i.e., bunny) (1:23:38 – 1:35:04)
• Recap of key Part 3 lessons (1:35:05 – 1:38:50)
• Closing remarks (1:38:51 – 1:40:07)

Purchase Agreement: Julia M. Usher and Julia M. Usher, LLC are the sole copyright owners of this video tutorial and handout. Reproduction, distribution, resale, and/or any other use for financial gain of this video or handout, in whole or in part, are strictly prohibited. However, as the purpose of Julia’s tutorials is to teach, any knowledge gleaned from this video and handout can be used to make cookies or other products for either personal use or sale. In purchasing this tutorial, you acknowledge that you agree to these terms of use.

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Video Production: Two 5:7 North, June 2024

Music: Carefree by Kevin MacLeod via Creative Commons license