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Recently there has been a campaign for re-packaged cheap airbrushes manufactured in China, the most notable being the Gaahleri airbrush line. Lots of people bought into the advertising, which promised a professional level, inexpensive airbrush full of "groundbreaking" innovations. Aside from the cheap price, none of these claims turned out to be valid. Let's start with these two claims:  The needle...

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The perpetual debate over what constitutes "good" art usually comes down to skill (execution) vs idea (concept).  A skill is proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experiences, usually manifested and applied in the physical word by an action. A concept is that which occurs in the mind, in speech, or in thought. It is understood to be the fundamental building...

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A lot of newbies flock to YouTube, hungry to learn, and eager to become the next airbrush superstar.The problem is that YouTube has been around for almost 20 years and has yet to produce a single top gun. One would think that with all the free information at everyone's fingertips, the airbrush scene would be exploding with hundreds of amazing...

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When I posted my paintings to social media groups in the past, I was met with a hail of hostile remarks disparaging photorealism, claiming it wasn't real art, or that there was no point to creating it. They also accused me of posting photos and claiming that my posts are paintings, using words like "con man," or "fraudster." It seems that the...

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The Createx Illustration line wasn't always intended to be available to the public. It all began while I was evaluating Createx Colors' new Wicked Line while touring in Europe in 2011. Dennis Delorenzo, a chemical genius, had developed a new version which was more finely ground or sheared, than the previous Wicked line, and after some testing this was called Wicked...

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The CM-SB, the HP-SB, and the HP-SBS all share a common side feed feature. While the side feed has many advantages over the top feed airbrushes, there is one vulnerability that many are not aware of. This has to do with the small bend in the paint passage at the weld point of the side cup.  . This is the point where...

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You've probably heard the saying "there are no mistakes in art" popularized by many authors and painters, including Pablo Picasso.  Hearing this phrase during a challenging art workshop might come as a soothing comment from your art instructor, but is it a valid commentary? Let's suppose it is true. If there are no mistakes in art, how do we judge...

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1 The best productivity app on your phone is airplane mode 2 Make "No" your default. Whether its new work projects or social gatherings, saying "Yes" to non-priorities ruins your priorities. 3 Multitasking kills productivity. Do what you are doing. 4 Don't regret past decisions. You made the best choice at the time based on the knowledge you had then. Worrying...

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Being an airbrush artist with a Fine Arts background has allowed me to walk in two different worlds, and afforded me the opportunity to observe from different perspectives the attitudes that prevail in both fine art world and the airbrush world.  What may come as a surprise to many, is not so much a Fine Arts bias against the airbrush, (after all, most fine artists...

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  What is the most important thing to learn for an artist to be successful? Well, it depends on what you mean by success. For some it's financial security, for others, its acknowledgement from their peers, and still for others, its being able to paint what you want without excuses or failure. In observing the triumphs and failures in my colleagues'...

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