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No doubt you found your way here to this
article because you are interested in learning how to airbrush, kustom paint. I
hear most often from folks who are brand to airbrushing or those who at some
point bought airbrush equipment found it to frustrating trying to learn and the
equipment was stuff into the closet. Either way I'm here to provide you with a
bit of guidance to finding your way thru what can be the maze of information
about airbrushing. With this web site and
howtocustompaint.com,
airbrushtechnique.com and
my airbrush publications (Airbrush Technique
Magazine and Airbrush Artist
Magazine) I'm sure I can get you up and airbrushing, kustom painting
just like the thousands of others I have helped over the last ten plus years.
No matter what it is you want to airbrush, kustom paint the steps you
must go thru to learn how to use your airbrush are the same. No matter the type
of paint you are using water based, solvent based, no matter the type of
airbrush; single action or double action learning the basic fundamentals of how
to get your airbrush and mind (creative side) in sync are the same.
I'm
not going to try and mislead you here learning the fundamentals can be a bit on
the boring side but as I'm about to show you it's a chance to let your creative
side take over.
I have to give a big thank you to T Shirt guru Rene
Romero for providing the images for this article. Rene is one of the best T
Shirt airbrush artist on the planet in my book and I'm honored to have his help
for this article.
Other tutorials on this web site cover airbrush
equipment and basic airbrush lessons #1 thru #5 so here I want to cover the
some examples of what could be referred to as the most basic of all airbrush
strokes; dots, lines and dagger strokes. In lesson #1 will go thru in detail
just how to go about getting your airbrush to create these airbrush strokes
here I want to try and convey just how important they are and why you need to
take the time to practice, learn them.
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Pictured above you see a picture of
airbrushed dots, lines the top picture is of the simple dot done correctly the
bottom picture is of course the dot not so well formed. In the bottom picture
too much paint was applied causing the paint to spider web which is cool if
that's the effect we where looking to create but in this case we where looking
to make perfect dots. The dot as simple as it might look is the beginning of
most of the basic airbrush strokes you'll need to learn in order to master the
airbrush. If you where to magnify any airbrush painting you'd see it actually
is made of thousands and thousands of tiny, tiny dots which are produced as the
paint is atomized via your airbrush. For that matter if you where to magnify
the dot you just airbrushed you'd see the same thing tiny, tiny dots of paint
making up your dot. So as you can see the dot is fundamental in rendering any
and all airbrush art work taking the time to learn how to create perfect dots
is fundamental to your learning to unleash your creativity using your airbrush.
When I asked Rene to provide you with an example of just how powerful the
dot can be and how you can turn practicing airbrushing a simple dot into some
fun below is what he came up with. I think you'll agree from the simple dot
some very amazing art work can be created. (click on small image to see bigger
view)
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Another example below.
Hopefully you now have a new appreciation
for the simple dot and how important it is to your mastering the
airbrush.
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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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