Airbrushing And Spray Paint Art

1. Airbrushing And Spray Paint Art

2. Picture and imagery are some of the oldest and most powerful ways of expressing meaningful ideas, emotions and perceptions. To do great art, you need both the skills and the right tools. Your work will be enjoyed not only for its aesthetic value and the depth of what is expressed, but also for its relevance and message. That's why it's always a great idea to be aware of emerging trends and possibilities. For the traditional hair-brush painting artist, it can be challenging to achieve fine layers of wet color. Using a regular brush makes this simple task unnecessarily difficult. For example, to make the shining light around the sun with a regular brush, we need to carefully apply our color in even strokes. It can take serious time and concentration to do it evenly. However, with airbrush and spray paint art techniques, all you need to do is press a nozzle or a button to produce this effect perfectly in seconds, even on top of still wet areas!

3. What do airbrushing and spray paint art have in common? These two artistic styles have become very popular in the last few years. They are both forms of acrylic painting. Spray paint art, basically uses aerosol cans to spray a fine, controllable mist of color onto paper, canvas or other surface. Airbrushing mainly involves using air to propel acrylic colors. The air makes it form a fine, smooth consistency, making it easy to create as many flawlessly even layers as you desire. Spray paint art and airbrush have historically used very different sets of acrylic painting techniques, but now there is a new bridge between the two! With a bit of experimentation, one artist, Alisa Amor, found a way to use spray-can skills with only a cheap airbrush and safe, non-toxic, water based colors resulting in some incredible new effects. These new airbrushing techniques include a cornucopia of effects and tricks to create gorgeous textures, trippy color combinations, natural looking waves and clouds, realistic mountains and rocks and many more possible uses. Every artist should become aware of the possibilities these basic acrylic painting techniques offer and add them to their repertoire.

4. Here are just a couple examples of what is possible with an airbrush. • Newspaper as a brush – Using a magazine of newspaper to drag colors over a surface to create different textures and shapes has been a staple of Mexican spray paint art for many years. It is now included as part of a suite techniques that allow one to create planets and landscapes in minutes. The technique is simple. After airbrushing your wet layers on paper, use a newspaper or magazine page to drag and add texture. • Blowing your colors with air – This is a technique that few artists use, but can create some very cool effects. It involves using air in the brush itself to blow paints over a surface and create some very natural looking effects. For example, you can create the foam on a wave, clouds and much more using this technique. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6rpCZcEVaA

5. How do you do it? When airbrushing, it is fun to start by laying some basic background colors. You cannot do this with most traditional airbrushes. They do not release enough volume to create a wet, juicy layer. To use these new acrylic painting techniques, you will need a more industrial type of brush called a quick change airbrush. Luckily these kinds of brushes are very inexpensive and can even be purchased at some large hardware stores. Once you create some layers, the next step is to use pieces of newspaper to drag and texture them. You might be making the mountains of a landscape or creating the curl on a wave or simply placing some gorgeous planets in your universe. Each image requires a different use of newspaper and layers of color.

6. How do you do it? Airbrushing and spray painting techniques are a great way of adding spice and interest to your artwork. Every artist should at least become familiar with the possibilities that using pressured air offers. One of the most important new aspects that these styles of painting contribute is for artists to become proficient in moving the layers around on your paper or canvas with newspaper. Using paper as a sort of adjustable brush is a fascinating new development worth learning. You can learn more about these fascinating acrylic painting techniques at www.airbrushpaintingsecrets.com

7. Alisa Amor enjoys figuring out how to do spray paint art techniques with an airbrush and non-toxic water based acrylics. She loves helping others find their own inner artist. With over 20 years of experience as a professional in these fields, she has taught many artists how to enjoy their creativity even more!

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