Airbrush Help For Beginners
Airbrush Equipment
Iwata Airbrush Repair Service
Jan 27th
Last year I was a bad girl.
I let all three of my airbrushes fall into disrepair. I have three so that I always have a back-up one if one of them is broken, but, apparently that only works if you send the for repair when the need it. Whoops!
In the past, when my airbrushes were not functioning well, I was always able to get them up to snuff myself. Thorough cleaning and soaking usually did the trick. But not this time. I done some major damage over the years to them – seals were leaking, one needle was damaged, and I More >
Digital Time Lapse Camera
Jan 20th
You guys have to see this cool time lapse camera! So wicked! Me want!
With my new 2012 commitment to post a YouTube video every Saturday, I have been exploring options for creating time lapse videos. I wanted the time lapse aspect for three reasons:
- time lapse is really entertaining to watch – it’s almost like performance art
- I paint slow … much slower than the 15 minutes YouTube gives me … so for you to ever see a full piece it has to be sped up
- time lapse is incredibly satisfying to me … there’s something about watching yourself paint something that More >
Liquid Frisket Fail
Jan 16th
I just have to share this because it is FUNNY!
I sat down to with the intent of painting a strawberry and decided that I was going to use my liquid frisket to mask off the seeds in the flesh. So, I pull it out and shake it dilegently, open it up and look what I got!
It was one huge solid mass and it was the consistency of a marshmallow. The worst part was when I tried to put it back in the container to throw it out without stinking up my “studio”, it burped, bubbled and farted. I laughed and More >
Airbrush Prices: Where NOT to Shop
Jan 13th
All three of my airbrushes were recently broken
Don’t ask how this came to be, let’s just chalk it up (is that right? Chalk?) to stupidity and move past that point.
Anyway, as I was packing them up to send them off for repair I was lamenting over the fact that I would be brushless for a number of weeks and had a brilliant idea…
Why not buy a NEW airbrush to use while I waited!(I love ridiculous logic).
Normally I make all my airbrush purchases when I am at airbrush conferences or training because they usually have a rep from the More >
Airbrush Compressors: Tiny and Tankless
Jan 4th
There has been a lot of talk over on the airbrush-guidance facebook page about airbrush compressors lately which leads me to believe that people are confused by all the options that are out there.
While I can’t talk specifically to every single compressor on the market (because there are a bajillion) I can certainly try to address the different categories for you so you know what your getting into. Also, as always, I will add my personal opinion on each type and, if possible, my experiences…
I’ll do this over a number of posts to keep the post length to a minimum …. More >
Airbrush Reference Photos
Jan 2nd
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Welcome to 2012 …. the perfect time to discuss airbrush reference photos (you’ll see why in a second).
I few years back I went to an airbrushing class where the instructor stated that “In order to be a good artist, you must split your drawing into thirds. One third is drawing from a reference photo, the second is drawing from real life, and the third is to draw from your mind”
While this is excellent advice and I am sure that the intent was great … this ain’t ever gonna happen for me. I need reference photos. Every single piece More >
The Three Things You Must Know When Choosing An Airbrush
Jun 13th
By far the most common question I get from people who visit this website is “What airbrush would you recommend to a beginner?”. This is SUCH a hard question to answer because, while I do have a personal preference, I haven’t tried every airbrush out there and I am certain that there are plenty of really good ones for the beginner airbrush artist.
So, while I do recommend a gravity fed, Iwata airbrush (such as an Iwata High Performance HP-C, or the Iwata Eclipse HP-CS) I also have to consider that my personal bias may not be the airbrush for you. More >
Airbrush Equipment: Chinese Knock Offs
Mar 7th
There is a HUGE debate that has been going on in the airbrush community for years about whether or not people should buy the very inexpensive chinese knock off airbrushes that are available or whether they should avoid them like the plague.
I want to put my two cents in…
I think there are really four primary concerns:
1. EthicsI think a lot of people who are really concerned about the chinese knock offs are more concerned about the ethics of purchasing a knock off as opposed to the quality of the product. It is well known that these airbrushes and other More >
Airbrush Equipment: Opaque Projector
Feb 11th
Not every airbrush artist is gifted with the ability to draw – and luckily for us, we don’t need to know how to draw to paint great paintings!
There are many ways to transfer an image to a working surface but my favorite (by far) is the opaque projector because it is SO simple.
All you do is place a photo, sketch, magazine clipping, whatever under the projector, turn it on, focus the image and VIOLA – there’s your image, projected onto the surface with no special preparation or skill – ready and waiting for you to trace it.
I want to say More >
