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A simple project that a beginner should be able to master with little effort, but an effective realism detail. Airbrush control is important, and targeting practice is recommended since this project requires dealing with fairly small stencils. Two colours are required to create the Bullet Hole, Black and White. With these you can mix the necessary grays, or you can use premixed colours. Background (or surface) colours aren't that important because the bullet hole leaves an underlying surface exposed, which can be a grey primer or metal colour.
This project uses one stencil cut into a positive and negative. Try making two or three variations so neighbouring bulletholes aren't exactly the same. The surrounding shape of the stencil is the torn, ragged edge of the bullet hole so accuracy isn't important, but keep the overall shape as round as possible.
Now some 3D effect... using white, apply an arc of higlight in the lower part of the artwork. This is the reflection of light from above.
and... the opposite for the upper portion of the bullet hole. Use black or dark gray to create the upper shadow of the bullet hole.
One more little detail to add to the 3D effect... place your positive stencil back in place to mask your paintwork so far and fog a small amount of black or dark gray at the lower edges of the stencil. This will create some definition and depth to the torn metal edges. Be careful...don't get carried away! A very small amount of shadow will work!
Set aside the positive stencil and fix the negative stencil to the surface. You want a sharp edge to your paintwork so its a good idea to have the stencil stay tight to the surface.
First step is a quick layer of colour. Keep inmind you are painting the underside of the metal surface so usually a light gray will work. Here I have used white and light gray to fill the area.
Solid colour or gradient tones will work. Here you can see gray and white sprayed in different directions which might suggest the rippled and bent metal reflections.
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Now remove your stencil again... try to establish the very center of your bullet hole and add a small pencil mark to help you with the placement of your next stencil.
Using your pencil mark for a center reference, place a circle template or stencil over the artwork. You can also cut the circle bullet hole from your exisiting positive stencil. This hole should be round but not perfect, remember it is a bullet hole.
The center hole can be as large as you want depending on the scale of your bullethole but if its too small or not centered it won't look right. ...and thats your simple Bullet Hole! Experiment with variations of tone and different ragged edge shapes.