A new issue and a new challenge, this article will cover the ever elusive realistic flames. This time around we will attempt to work this effect into an entire composition. This is more challenging than it sounds due mostly to the fact that three-dimensional cubes can be very tough to draw and to paint in… Continue reading Fire and Dice Rolling out Realistic Flames over Dice By Thomas Adams
Category: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique
AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique
Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 1: Introduction Quick Course With Video for the Novice
Airbrush: A small, air-operated tool that sprays paint. It resembles, and is held like, a pen. Today, airbrushes are used in painting for a multitude of applications. Artists who use the airbrush will generally have several different types (external or internal mix) as well as styles (gravity- or siphon-feed) on hand for a variety of… Continue reading Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 1: Introduction Quick Course With Video for the Novice
AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 2: Air Sources
AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 2: Air Sources When you are first learning airbrush technique, the process can be intimidating. Not only do you have to learn a new painting technique, but you must learn how to use the equipment that goes along with it, as well. Unlike a paintbrush, the airbrush… Continue reading AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 2: Air Sources
AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 3: Airbrush Colors
AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 3: Airbrush Colors Com-Art Airbrush Colors by Medea Com-Art Airbrush Colors are designed specifically for use with the airbrush, but can also be applied with a paintbrush. These pre-reduced colors are available in both opaque and transparent formulas. There are 27 rich, dense colors in opaque that… Continue reading AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 3: Airbrush Colors
AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 4: Getting Started
AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 4: Getting Started Many users of the airbrush are self-taught and have, in some cases, struggled to learn airbrush technique on their own. Some individuals are successful and some become frustrated. Getting started often gives the most difficulty. Here are suggestions for those who wish to learn airbrush… Continue reading AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 4: Getting Started
AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 5: Frisketing
AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 5: Frisketing While practicing with the airbrush free-hand, you made dots, lines and vignettes. Look at them and you’ll notice that the marks made with the airbrush free-hand always appear soft and out-of-focus. This is caused by the overspray that drifts above and beyond the direction of… Continue reading AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 5: Frisketing
AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 6: Geometric Shapes Exercises
AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 6: Geometric Shapes Exercises Now that you feel comfortable with the airbrush, have worked with frisket film and know how to develop hard-edged lines, it’s time to move on to some fundamental exercises. Geometric shapes have always been used to teach basics of art. It is said that… Continue reading AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 6: Geometric Shapes Exercises
AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 7: Painting a Flower
AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 7: Painting a Flower In this exercise you will learn a simple method of developing objects in space. A key to painting with an airbrush is to develop the subject matter from the background to the foreground (which is similar to traditional watercolor technique). By utilizing this… Continue reading AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 7: Painting a Flower
AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 8: Frisketing with the Flap System
AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 8: Frisketing with the Flap System In the last exercise, painting the flower, the frisket was cut in a process of elimination. You removed area number 5 and painted it, then removed area number 4 and painted it without replacing frisket film number 5. This was continued until… Continue reading AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 8: Frisketing with the Flap System
AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 9: Airbrushing T-Shirts
AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 9: Airbrushing T-Shirts At this point you may feel confident with the mechanics of airbrushing, but you’re not sure how to go about doing T-shirts. Materials List: IWATA HP-BC Piston-operated compressor (1/2HP) Braided hose Professional Textile Colours (Sample Kit) Medea Airbrush Holder Medea Fabric Stencils T-shirt boards 100%… Continue reading AIRBRUSH: Learn the Basics of Airbrush Technique Part 9: Airbrushing T-Shirts