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  Many airbrush artists have turned to YouTube for advice, and a wealth of content is available. Anyone can create content on YouTube, but that's where the problem lies.   A beginner can post a how-to video just as easily as a seasoned veteran, and most new airbrush artists struggle to distinguish expert advice from misinformation. Even seasoned veterans can be...

To match a color, all three components of color (hue, saturation (chroma) and value) must be correct. The value is controlled by opaque white paint, which we call a buffer, but this introduction of white paint into the mix creates another phenomenon. Spraying a buffered color (transparent color tinted with opaque white) shifts the paint slightly towards blue at around...

Getting your image onto the painting surfaceOnce you have your image, you will need to find a way to transfer it, or part of it, onto the surface of your painting to guide your shapes. I usually use a mechanical pencil, and draw the outlines and boundaries. To represent soft or blurry edges, I will often use dotted lines. You...

Sooner or later we all hit the proverbial wall of painting. We either lose motivation or we simply lack inspiration. Here is how I deal with it.   Lack of motivation Failure to find inspiration to paint can be due to many factors, including depression, job loss, loss of a loved one, or the end of a relationship.  Some people...

The airbrush world is unique among all the other visual arts in that it generally emphasizes technique over content. It attracts individuals at the grassroots level, who often prefer skulls to figurative art and beach scenes on T-shirts to landscapes on canvas.  Is there anything wrong with that? Not at all. That is the world I came from.  But this...

There are many opinions on setting the "right" air pressure for the airbrush, but there is no "one size fits all" psi setting. There are just too many variables. Different airbrushes require different pressures, which depend on the paint chemistry and the amount of reducer in the paint, and some claim even the relative barometric pressure plays a part. Too...

Here, we talk about the main regrets of an artists' experiences. This applies to all art forms, including airbrush, oils, as well as the performing arts.1. Undervaluing work - Most artists see only their mistakes when they look at their work, and assume the client sees the same problems. Unfortunately, this results in the artist assessing the value of their...

Since there is so much controversy regarding how to maintain the airbrush, I'll share some of my thoughts and procedures about how I keep my airbrush functioning without blockage while never having to disassemble it. The first rule that one must adopt is a simple one and relates to the laws of physics. Virtually all airbrush paint requires air to dry and goes through phases,...

Sooner or later you are going to make a painting error. Don't cry, because you have options. 5 of them to be exact. Option 1 - Give up. Walk away from the painting and never return. Option 2 - Start over. Begin a new painting. Hopefully you made the mistake early on, before you had too much time invested.  ...

We've all had our struggles rendering hair or grass. No matter how much detail we add, it just doesn't look right, and we just can't put our finger on the problem. We fear that it will forever look like it was drawn by a child.   The main problem here is that we are trying to render what we know instead of...