Steps in creating Realistic Airbrush paintings

Step 2:  Thumbnail Sketches

From the materials you gathered in step one, think up and sketch out some rough ideas.   I use my computer to compile the images by scanning my favorite reference pictures into a graphic software.   Using the software, I cut out the background from the subject, and layer in several backgrounds and subject angles, viewing one combo at a time.   The best combos I save as a JPEG file and have the client decide which one they like the best.