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is also on video tape How To Airbrush # 1 , 48 minutes long with an added
section on Airbrush cleaning and maintenance & taking your airbrush apart
and putting it back together . Check it out on the video page HERE
The most of the picture's in this
lesson below are still image's taken from my video How to Airbrush # 1 which
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What you will need
to complete this lesson: A good double action airbrush , either gravity
feed or bottom feed, air hose , air source be it a compressor or CO2 tank , pad
of news print ( this you can buy at most art or hobby stores get the largest
size pad you can ) , one bottle black airbrush color either Golden Airbrush
Colors, Dr Ph Martins airbrush colors, Comart will work the best for this
lesson, an easel or something to lean your pad of newsprint against ( you might
find these easier to do standing up , an easel is a great help if you have
one)
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Please use airbrush
ready paints while learning, either DR Ph Martins or Golden Airbrush Colors,
even food coloring will work for this. You will learn much faster and enjoy it
more if you didn't have to hassle with paint that's hard to use. The paint
mentioned above are the best to use, craft paint, textile paint, hobby paint
are all fine to use after you learn the basics. Make life easy on your self in
this respect, trust me use the colors I suggest, please.
Relax and have fun
with these exercises, by doing these you are training your mind , finger to
control this tool called the airbrush . If I can learn to airbrush anyone
can.
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Hold your
airbrush much the same you would a pen but with your index finger on top of the
trigger as pictured below. You can drape the air hose over your forearm to keep
it out of your way. Airbrush should feel comfortable in your hand don't hold it
real tightly, relax. Both your hand and upper body should be relaxed. For now
always hold the airbrush perpendicular to your painting surface.
Pictured
above you can see Cody is holding his airbrush much the same you would a pen,
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Pictured
above Cody is gentle pushing down on the trigger of the airbrush. At this point
you should only have air coming out of your airbrush. Get in the habit now of
always leaving the air on while airbrushing, even between strokes or applying
paint. |
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Pictured
above you can see Cody is not only pushing down on the trigger but has also
pulled the trigger back, at this point you should have not only air but paint
coming out of your airbrush. With a double action airbrush the further you pull
the trigger back the more paint you will apply. So the amount of paint you
spray with a double action airbrush is regulated by how far you pull the
trigger back, the further back the trigger travels the more paint will be
applied. The amount of air or PSI as it's often referred to should be regulated
at your compressor not the airbrush trigger; you always want your index finger
to depress the trigger fully downward.
Summary:
With a double action airbrush pushing down on trigger gives
you air, pulling back gives you paint, do both you get both air and paint.
While airbrushing always leave the air on trigger fully depressed, air always
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Now let's look at how
the distance you are away from the surface you are spraying paint onto comes
into play. If you have ever played with spray can's of paint you know that the
further you are from the surface the larger an area you cover and the paint
pattern is very fuzzy or defused. Move closer with the spray can to the surface
and you will notice the paint covers a smaller area and becomes more defined.
The same holds true with an airbrush. In the two pictures above in the top
picture my airbrush is several inches away from the paper: notice how large the
dot is I sprayed. In the lower of the two pictures my airbrush is half an inch
or less from the paper; notice how small the dot is I
sprayed.
Summary: The further you are from the surface the paint
you spray thru your airbrush will cover a larger area and not be well defined.
The closer you are with your airbrush the smaller an area you will cover and
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fun.
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