How to use Grey Wash for Tattoo Shading - A Complete Guide to Grey Wash and Power of Transparency

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3 жыл бұрын

What is a grey wash? How is it different from a grey shade? How to make a grey wash?
If you have any of these questions, then this video is for you!
In this video, I have explained what is a Grey Wash in tattoos and how it is used in tattoo shading for black and grey tattoos. You will learn how to use grey wash in tattoos, how to make tattoo grey wash, how to mix grey wash for tattoo shading, and much more.
A grey shade is made by mixing black and white pigment whereas a grey wash is made by mixing the black pigment with water. The power of transparency is much higher than grey shades in the case of tattoos and grey wash for tattoo shading, thus, gives the desired output.
In this video, I have explained this in a simple yet very detailed manner.
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@denlaw5356 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate, this is the best explanation of gray wash on youtube, I have been following your videos and they are highly educative, really motivating. Thanks a lot, I want to be good as you, I know it will take time, but with your help I will get there, saving up to enroll for your online classes. Thank you mate. You are doing amazing work.

@echo4775 3 жыл бұрын

The information you provide is worth gold. Even though there is no Turkish translation in the video, I combine what you say piece by piece, and the information that I cannot find from Turkish sources comes to life in my mind. I really thank you, your videos make a lot of people light.

@curtiscarlson8958 Жыл бұрын

Great Grey Wash explanation. It was simple and straightforward. Good argument on why use a wash. There is a time and place for different variations of grey colors. There is also a proper use of grey-wash as applied to different colors of skin.

@SunnyBhanushali Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏 I am glad that you find this info useful

@Vibsitsi 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I learned so much - being an apprentice myself. I was researching a lot on the difference on the two; grey wash and opaque grey and this has really made me understand it fully, so thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! :)

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome :)

@PoppyC62 Жыл бұрын

Sunny, thank you for explaining gray wash in an easy to understanding way. This definitely has helped change my mindset for my tattooing. 🙏Poppy

@LuisElBarber 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this tutorial, I was looking for a video that explains exactly how these grey wash work 🙏🏼

@SunnyBhanushali 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome 🙏

@saurabhnankar 3 жыл бұрын

Too good and perfect add on to the knowledge of black n grey

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Saurabh Nankar thank you, glad that you liked it

@SilvaSwami 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, Sunny! These tips are priceless

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Ajamile Silva you are welcome 🙏🏻

@annly666 3 жыл бұрын

thank you for making this and making it english. You helped me understand it helps better with ur diagrams and video. xx

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, do check out our online tattoo learning program at www.Lila.art. There are hundreds of tattoo educational videos, all of them are multi-lingual with main spoken language as English.

@jagannathmajee6431 2 ай бұрын

You are great sir

@lahatfailed6319 3 жыл бұрын

Wow.. finally..someone explained perfectly clear how graywash really works with tattoing..thank u so much sir..

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

EA MIX VIDEOS glad you liked it :)

@johnsampla531 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much sir .. really so helpful

@hotpinkink 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! I learned so much.

@SunnyBhanushali 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to know that :) thank you

@BOATINDOCTOR 3 жыл бұрын

What a great explanation thank you

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

DR. BADFISH thank you 🙏🏻

@alpcengiztattoo940 2 жыл бұрын

This is a perfect tutorial. Im really greatfull to watch have those informations. 🙌🏻

@SunnyBhanushali 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@MatiasGonzalez-nl3mq 2 жыл бұрын

You the best man

@sieteseiszerozero8970 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for such good explanation!

@SunnyBhanushali 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome

@graffics7665 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I've never heard this explained this deep. Now shit is starting to make sense on greywash I've practiced on my legs. I'm getting ready to do a few years in federal prison & figured I'd get a head start with black & grey work. I'll have plenty of time to practice.. even if it takes a year to get a homemade machine together- I can practice on a daily basis with pencil & paper until then!

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

I am glad that you found this video insightful, thank you 🙏🏻

@dreizenit7758 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@andyhowden7655 3 жыл бұрын

Very good tutorial. I shall follow this man.

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Andy Howden thank you 🙏🏻

@nagendrasahu2053 3 жыл бұрын

Very beautifully explain the Lights and shades and opaques, thanku sir 😊

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Nagendra SaHu thank you

@ashvirtewharie4454 2 жыл бұрын

Great video

@AjAjayvlog 2 жыл бұрын

Thanq so much sir 🙏

@anilkhavadiya6190 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful tips sunny sir mainly the last one tip of redness of skin it will be very helpful thank you so much.

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Anil Khavadiya you are welcome

@piyawatchanachaisombat2631 3 жыл бұрын

I can do black and grey protrait tattoo becasue of him .I learn from him on Vimeo I bought many videos. It so good. Thank you so much

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻

@jameswang4959 3 жыл бұрын

Where can i check it?

@salimsheikh1481 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sunny bro

@odinfineartcreations9898 3 жыл бұрын

Tertiary level of education for tattooing. I'm down for this

@Montanaa 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks sou much Bro

@gattookhushalani9642 3 жыл бұрын

VERY INFORMATIVE INFORMATION THANKS A LOT FOR HELPING EDUCATING 👍🙏

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Gattoo Khushalani thank you, glad you liked it

@anilkhavadiya6190 3 жыл бұрын

And keep going on✌️👌

@vivinvivi9755 3 жыл бұрын

I feel helpful with ur Tattoo Learning Tools videos on KZfaq tq sunny bhai❤️

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome 😊

@AAllday1000 3 жыл бұрын

This is like going to tattoo university. I love this channel!

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@amadogoleaiii2947 3 жыл бұрын

@@SunnyBhanushali 94

@PakBOB 3 жыл бұрын

thank for sharing👍👍👍👍

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Pak BOB welcome

@abhishekvyas4903 3 жыл бұрын

Useful tips🤗🤗🤗

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot

@SunilSharma-fy1fw 3 жыл бұрын

Thanx sir

@ArthurNolan 11 ай бұрын

hi. thanks for this video. im researching about something that is between those two techniques. shades of grey dilueted in water. grey sumi? what would you say about it?

@predatoria_aquatica Жыл бұрын

Hi i just saw this vid and its very helpful. Now my question is when i do greys especially 30% or 50% its kinda hard to tell if its too dark or too light.. is there a way to tell if it will heal with the shade i want? Or u really just have to wait till it heals

@on-niee.tattooartist 3 жыл бұрын

Best explanation.. thank you sir..

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Kajol Xettry you are welcome

@on-niee.tattooartist 3 жыл бұрын

🥰🥰

@suraj5811 3 жыл бұрын

Sir I am big fan of yours 🙏🙏🙏

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@supershenron9162 2 жыл бұрын

Pushing white in a uniform manner while difficult is far from impossible. Though the best way ive found is tedious at best just using #1203RL/LT and do the absolute smallest concentric circles you can. I do first layer without puncturing the correct depth to get a "primer" down then I go like normal. It can take forever but it works and works well.

@SunnyBhanushali 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your suggestion, I will try it out for sure, I have never tried packing medium to large area with 3RL

@practicepractice100 2 жыл бұрын

Great video . You have explained" 'grey wash" well done, thank you. I am curious; however what are you using for 1. a tablet? and 2. what software? I m sure you have been asked this many times. Again thank you for the great informative videos.

@SunnyBhanushali 2 жыл бұрын

I am using Wacom Cintique 27HD (tablet) and photoshop (software)

@bboyanil6358 3 жыл бұрын

Tnx

@ADV-EXPLORERS_MkM 3 жыл бұрын

Hey great explanation as always and great content of your channel!!! May i ask your preference since you are a very skilled artist? I want a good all rounder machine for black and gray tattooing and i'm between Hawn pen and cheyenne hawk thunder ? I would love to hear your opinion on that !

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Anytime Hawk Thunder, all rounder beast

@ADV-EXPLORERS_MkM 3 жыл бұрын

@@SunnyBhanushali thank you very much for your prompt reply 🙏

@sunnybeniwal5398 3 жыл бұрын

Sir aap bahot ache ho : )

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@reflection_tattoostudio2828 3 жыл бұрын

Love you Sair.... 💓💓💓💓💓❤❤❤

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Love you too my friend

@yordicarbonell7838 Жыл бұрын

Si pudiera poner traducción al español se lo agradecería muchísimo

@bostjanloncaric 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you,very.by

@silive4067 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. Can you use distilled water in any ink color to change its tone?

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can use it to dilute the ink

@desiaduge-2363 3 жыл бұрын

Thank You so much sir, which black ink is best and color brands are best for skin? Brands?

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

I love Eternal Ninja Black and sometimes I use Dynamic

@oldboy8583 3 жыл бұрын

Спасибо друг! Что делишься своим опытом, это бесценно!

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@benjamindains6906 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Sunny! Just wanted to say LILA is awesome and I'm learning so much, I did have one question for you, do you happen to know where I can get LOX in the US? I'm not able to find any, and I'm hesitant to try other possible replacements since I know LOX works really well for you all. I hope all is well, keep up the good work! Thanks, Ben

@SunnyBhanushali 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Benjamin :) You can try to find Xylocaine or Lignocaine ointment/cream in your local drug store, it is the same as LOX

@benjamindains6906 2 жыл бұрын

@@SunnyBhanushali awesome! Thanks a bunch, I’ll see if I can locate some. 🙏

@Newb118 2 жыл бұрын

It wasent that bad but hoped you would go into opaque grey in more detail, it was mainly todo with grey wash… I was wondering can you still get that washed effect with opaque grey, surely if it’s light enough it won’t look like solid colour

@SunnyBhanushali 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it will always work like solid colour, unless you use it greywash.

@blebleh666 3 жыл бұрын

What about artists like A. D. Pancho that have so much white and such big areas?

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

That only works on real good white skin, and honestly only handful artists could do it properly, I would only 1% artists can handle neutral grays ans whits on larger tattoos, one of them is definitely Ad Pancho

@sandervirki7906 3 жыл бұрын

How can you get black when fully saturating with lets say 40% dillute ? if you heavily saturate with 40% youll actually get 40% meaning it wont get any darker than 40% ?? if you use black for saturating- you can actually softly make 20, 40, 60%ect all the way black. (ofc stroke and needle depth plays alot).

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Sander Virki if you take 40% black and add your first pass it would be 40% on skin, and if you again add another pass then it will add up to become the darker black, and if you do multiple passes, you will end up getting 100% black. That’s how greywash works :)

@sumantamang3624 3 жыл бұрын

Sir it's really really helpful video for beginner if there will be subtitles in hindi or use little bit hindi in some places because everyone properly can't take the things what u r saying sir?

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

I will get the subtitles done soon

@Denka187 3 жыл бұрын

whats your take on a machine that is constant running `` battery pack `` , when dipp for greywash tones . i feel like if the machine is constant on- the needles would mix up every tone in the ink cup very fast if you dip for in between tones `` lets say middle tone grey and a little in the light grey `` would not that light grey become darker and darker over the session ?

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

You are right, and it does get darker and darker over time, however you get used to it with experience.

@Denka187 3 жыл бұрын

@@SunnyBhanushali humm , wonder how i will get use to something that gonna heal up different every time hehe , i guess footpedal is the only way to go for me then

@benjamindains6906 2 жыл бұрын

@@Denka187 or just use a rinse cup.

@Denka187 2 жыл бұрын

@@benjamindains6906 see what you saying but that dont take away that you mix up the tones in your ink cupes alot faster if you have a machine that is running constant . even if you rinse out every time you pick up a new tone you still gonna blend all those greywash tones together in the ink cups faster

@benjamindains6906 2 жыл бұрын

@@Denka187 Yes I completely agree, and actually I think I misread your first comment, sorry about that. I would get them as thoroughly mixed from the get go so you're not trying to deal with that issue (at least when first starting out).

@heavyklaw 3 жыл бұрын

Heard somewhere that if you’re tattooing. On a white skin you need 5 cups from ur solid black to ur lightest gray wash , while on a dark skin you need only 3 cups from your solid black to lightest gray wash. Is that accurate sir ?

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

No, it is just personal preference, it depends on how much you wish to divide the blacks into shades

@benjamindains6906 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Sunny, I went to the site, signed in with Google account, started free trial, it keeps telling me to verify my email, country, and state, but there are no states to pick from in the drop down. I went to make a different account just using my email and it won't let me because my other account was used via Google. It's a mess.

@SunnyBhanushali 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Benjamin, extremely sorry for the inconvenience, can you drop a quick email to support@lila.art, I will get is sorted :)

@benjamindains6906 2 жыл бұрын

@@SunnyBhanushali thanks! I think LILA did get it sorted, I was able to watch some of the courses and they’re great. I think I’m going to upgrade because I want to watch your master realism courses!

@Fmsousa83 3 жыл бұрын

How did u turn the picture opaque to gray wash to show transparent in the skin ?

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Felipe Sousa I reduced the opacity of the photoshop brush to explain the transparency

@Fmsousa83 3 жыл бұрын

@@SunnyBhanushali thank you so much , and congratulations for your videos

@Fmsousa83 3 жыл бұрын

@@SunnyBhanushali I asked about the woman picture, original is opaque , and u putted transparent to show in the skin. How u did this?

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

Felipe Sousa changed the blending mode to multiply

@matsuoSonata Жыл бұрын

is it really possible for 10% gray wash to eventually reach a 40% shade of gray wash? i dont think it can get much darker.

@SunnyBhanushali Жыл бұрын

Try it out :)

@matsuoSonata Жыл бұрын

@@SunnyBhanushali I’m afraid but I’ll do it on a spot that goes completely black haha Thank you, your videos are really informative and really good.

@diegosantibanez1285 3 жыл бұрын

Subtittles plis

@gautamnath7142 2 жыл бұрын

Water ka nam kiya hai sir

@pankaj4790 2 жыл бұрын

Distle water

@Ironlungsleek1989 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how It would look on a dark skin person🤞🏿🙏🏿🙏🏾💪🏾

@herculespuga705 3 жыл бұрын

8-)

@chingamboy4851 3 жыл бұрын

Sir, agli baar hindi me speech denge to or a66e se samaj me aayega .. kyuki sabki englis power full nahi hoti aapki tarah.. i req to you sir.😅😅😅😅

@SunnyBhanushali 3 жыл бұрын

subtitles arrange karta hu

@sagarsutar9699 3 жыл бұрын

Aap hindi me video dalo na😊

@TattooArtXray-wt4og 10 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🙈🙉🙊

@reymysterio1786 Жыл бұрын

So question: if you have a 1/4 cap of black; you can build up layers until you get a look that looks like it was done with a full cap black.? The point being that not all shades in tattoos are made with the shade they look but actually multiple passes of a lighter than seen shade of black.?