Description

Julia follows up Part 1 of her Airbrushing-Stenciling Intensive by easing you into beginner stencil designs in this second part! 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 this part (Part 2), Julia builds on the lessons of precision-control airbrushing and shading taught in Part 1 by demonstrating how to make beautiful beginner stenciled cookies using one to two colors and up to one mask/layer (or stencil overlay). She also demonstrates how to use both her Prettier Plaques™ and Dynamic Duos™ stencil lines to achieve these simple, but stunning designs. While Julia works with her stencil sets throughout this video (partly because they’re uniquely designed and layered to demonstrate precision-control airbrushing and shading), you needn’t purchase the three sets she uses to get the full value from this lesson. You can certainly 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 “MORE LIKE THIS” below)
   • Part 2: Starter Stencil Designs/Single- and Dual-Color Designs with up to One Mask/Layer (YOU’RE HERE!)
   • Part 3: Advanced Stencil Designs/Multicolor Designs with up to Two Masks/Layers (see “MORE LIKE THIS” below)
   • Part 4: Creative Embellishments/Going Off-Cookie with Airbrushing-Stenciling (see the “Video Tutorials” section of this site)
2. Parts 1 and 2 are also available in a discounted bundle, as are Parts 3 and 4 (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: 1:15:42

What You’ll Learn in Part 2 (3 Primary Topics):

• Introduction to Julia’s layered stencil sets used in Part 2, including:
  • review of her Thank You, Birthday Wishes, and From Paris with Love set contents
  • explanation 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
• Single- and dual-color designs with no masks/layers, including:
  • how to achieve varying degrees of saturation with one color using precision-control airbrushing and shading techniques
  • how to best secure/weight stencils and apply colors to avoid underspray and overspray
  • reinforcement of precision-control airbrushing and shading techniques with designs using one and two colors
  • differentiation between two shading methods (or angles)
  • stencil cleaning tips
• Dual-color designs with one mask/layer, including:
  • how to best secure/weight stencils and masks, and apply colors to avoid underspray and overspray
  • reinforcement of precision-control airbrushing and shading techniques with designs using two colors and one mask (with corresponding stencil overlay)
  • use of Julia’s shading stencils to add color and interest around stencil overlays

What You’ll Receive:

• Forever-access to Part 2 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 2 introductions (0:00 – 2:40)
• Tool overview for Part 2 (2:41 – 7:23)
• Introduction to Julia’s layered stencils sets used in Part 2 (7:24 – 12:54)
• Single- and dual-color designs with no masks/layers (12:55 – 38:25)
  • Single-color design using Birthday Wishes set (13:45 – 19:24)
  • Single-color design using Thank You set (19:25 – 23:13)
  • Dual-color design using Thank You set (23:56 – 28:56)
  • Stencil cleaning tips (28:57 – 30:59)
  • Dual-color design using From Paris with Love set (31:00 – 38:25)
• Dual-color designs with one mask/layer (38:26 – 1:05:12)
  • Dual-color design with one mask/overlay using From Paris with Love set (41:45 – 48:26)
  • Dual-color design with one mask/overlay using Thank You set (49:29 – 1:05:12), plus sneak peek of third color to segue into Part 3!
• Recap of key Part 2 lessons (1:05:13 – 1:14:52)
• Closing remarks (1:14:53 – 1:15:42)

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.

Julia’s Return Policy: Due to the online nature of this tutorial, all sales are final.

Video Production: Two 5:7 North, June 2024

Music: Carefree by Kevin MacLeod via Creative Commons license