6/02/2014

How To Get Creative With The Use Of An Airbrush

By Lila Bryant


Art and beauty are two very peculiar concepts. There is not one single standard or basis in the appreciation of both things. The things that one may find beautiful and artistic may not hold true nor the same for the other. In the same wavelength, because different people appreciate different kinds of artistic beauty, the world of visual art has expanded itself to accommodate all these varying tastes.

These people are painters, and they do painting for either a source of income of just for fun. Painting is still a very broad field, so these artworks are further subdivided into groups according to medium used in the creation of masterpieces. A medium is the tool used to produce a certain art.

There are various mediums in painting. Perhaps the most heard about is the oil based method. This makes use of linseed oil boiled with resin such as pine and even frankincense. They were noted for their superb body and gloss effect.

The most acknowledged painting medium is constituted with oil. Oil paintings are perhaps the most expensive ones in the world of art, as they are so tricky to make. To be able to have oil paints, artists of the older times had to boil linseed oil with frankincense or pine resin before mixing in the coloring pigments. They took forever to dry up, but the glossy effect they produce is absolutely stunning.

Watercolor, as its name suggests, is painting using pigments suspended in a water soluble vehicle. It is traditionally used by the artists of China, Korea, and Japan, who usually used it in monochromatic black and brown. For a watercolor painting, an artist most often uses paper, others papyrus, also vellum or leather.

For artists who are working with tighter schedules, the best option for them is the acrylic paint medium. This dries faster than all the other methods, making it the perfect choice for express orders. When diluted properly, acrylic painting can pass off as oil painted piece.

Aside from all these traditional mediums, spray painting is slowly rising up with regards to artworks of the modern generation. Graffiti is the creation of masterpieces not in canvas, but in bare walls. This first started as a form of propaganda and protest. Three dimensional works originated in the idea to trick ordinary passerby with cool and effective optical illusions. While both started out as something else, these two are now considered as a form of modern art.

In the same manner as spray painting, airbrushes also employ the same mechanism, although they are made on the body of automobiles rather than walls. If you want to give your ride a brand new look, you can do that by airbrushing. To do this, you will need topcoats of either acrylic or enamel paint, some newspapers, sandpapers, paint thinners, safety equipment, and spray gun or air brush.

The first thing you will need to do is to clean the surface of the car. Mask the areas that you do not want to paint with the use of old newspapers. Afterward, sand the surface with the use of sandpaper then wipe it with clean rags and some thinners. When they area is completely dry, you are now ready to spray it with the color that you wish. In no time, you will achieve that brand new look for your car while saving loads of money by doing it yourself.




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