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Welcome to basic airbrush lesson's here at How To Airbrush. Com . No matter what you want to airbrush be it finger nails , Harley's , illustrations , helmet's , any type of surface the basic airbrush skills needed to achieve good results are the same .The following exercises will help you achieve good results by teaching you how to apply color where you want , when you want , giving you the desired effect. Put aside one or two hour's per day for a week to practice these and in no time you'll be airbrushing like a pro. To get a better understanding of airbrush equipment check the equipment page Airbrush Equipment Information
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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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Pictured above you can see Cody is holding his airbrush much the same you would a pen, relaxed and loose in his hand at this point.
Please use airbrush ready paints while learning either DR Ph Martins, Golden Airbrush Colors or Comart 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.
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Newsprint is a great inexpensive paper to practice these lessons on.
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.
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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 on.
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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 the pattern will be more defined.
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