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In Airbrush Lesson 1 part one we went
over what material and equipment you'll need for this lesson, how to hold your
airbrush and how the distance away from you painting surface effects the paint
you spray.
Here in Airbrush Lesson 1 part two we'll be going over the
first basic strokes you'll need to master, lines and dots.
1:First thing
we will do is airbrush a simple line across the page. Keeping your wrist locked
move the airbrush with your hand and whole upper body keeping your wrist locked
.Use both hands to steady the airbrush as you move slowly across the paper. AIR
ON FIRST AND THAN START MOVING YOUR AIRBRUSH THAN APPLY COLOR. (You apply color
by pulling gently back on the trigger while keeping the trigger of the airbrush
fully depressed)
Refer to diagram below.
- air on
- start motion
- pull back on trigger for
paint
- push forward on trigger to
reduce paint flow
- follow through with air on off
edge of paper
I believe its best to
learn to leave air on, finger down on trigger all the time even between
strokes. Please do not form bad habits now by pushing up and down on the
trigger continually while doing these exercises.
You will notice that
the size, width of the line you are airbrushing is directly affected by the
distance that the tip of your airbrush is from the paper. The closer you are to
the paper the smaller and thinner the line will be. The further away from the
paper you are the larger the line will be.
2: Lines:Now
airbrush small lines straight across the page about 3 or 4 inches in length.
Air on, start moving your airbrush than apply paint as you near the end of the
line start forward with trigger shutting the paint flow off and follow through
with the air still on. As you go from making one line to the next keep the air
on. AIR ON FIRST THAN START MOVING YOUR AIRBRUSH THAN APPLY COLOR.
Do several pages of
just these lines tring to keep them as straight as possible all the way across
the page.
3: DOTS: Now
that you have mastered straight lines lets move onto DOTS. Again going across
the paper make nice round dots not spats but nice round uniform dots . With
airbrush square to the paper ( 1 ) air on ( 2 ) pull back on trigger just a
little making a nice round dot ( 3 ) push trigger forward paint off ( 4 ) air
still on move to the right a little make your next dot . Keep going all the way
across the paper slowly. Do several pages of these until you feel comfortable
with rendering nice round dots.
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4: PUTTING THEM TOGETHER: So you have now mastered dots and lines, let's put the dots and
lines together. Airbrush nice round dots all over your page, in no order just
all over the place. Now connect all the dots with nice straight lines. With the
air on all the time, even between lines airbrush a line from one dot to the
next dot, stop on that dot before going on to the next dot. Nice straight lines
from one dot to the next, do not change the shape of the dots as you go. Again
notice how the distance of the tip of your airbrush from your paper affects the
line you are airbrushing. Close - small tight line, far away - big fuzzy
line.
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I
hope you found this article helpful.
Two more great resources to learn more
about airbrushing, kustom painting are my airbrush, kustom painting magazines.
Check them out via the links below. Until next time "It's just paint" have
fun.
Airbrush
Technique Magazine
Airbrush Artist Magazine
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