Airbrush Forum by Airbrush Technique Magazine

Paint Your Scooter
By Don Johnson
Airbrush Artist







For the back yard painter here's my "How to " dealing with painting your scooter ( motorcycle ). You can do this and have it look every bit as professional as any bike sprayed in a booth and ton's of people all over the country do it every day. So here's the Airhead way that has served me well for years and my bikes place very well in every show they have ever been entered in.

1. Because you do not use a booth does not mean that safety procedure's should not be followed. So wear a respirator, spray suit, eye protection. Never spray near open flame, open electrical boxes, etc. Dispose of all...

Grizzly Bike
By Mick Cassidy






Mick is part of a group of three that custom paint bikes in Los Angels, Cal. They started their business in 1995 in a garage much like we all do. Thru word of mouth their business has as Mick say " Gone thru the roof ". Looking at their work it's easy to understand why they are doing so well.

Mick Cassidy handles the art and graphics. Bob Iverson does the pinstripe work and lettering. Jim Murillo handles the welding and prep work. Each owns their own business but the three come together to put out some killer paint jobs."We like to do complex jobs and don't like production type jobs .Mick uses Iwata airbrushes exclusively not for any other reason than " I use what...

Shop Safety
by Kicks







For those of you who do not get our printed format airbrush / custom painting magazine I thought I would reprint Kicks article from the first issue here so you don't miss out. Hope you enjoy it and please let Kicks know you appricate his efforts. ( That goes as well as the other artist who contribute articles to the magazine, please e-mail them and let them know).

This being the first issue of the magazine,... and not having any of your questions to answer,... I guess I'll just rant for awhile on something that I think is a very important, and sometimes a very neglected part of what we do,... safety. With the success of shows like American Chopper and Monster Garage, the...

BASIC AIRBRUSH LESSON 1
By Don Johnson
Airbrush Artist



What you will need: good double action airbrush, either gravity feed or bottom feed, air hose, air source be it a compressor or CO2 tank, pad of news print, this you can buy at most art or hobby stores ( get the largest size pad you can), one bottle black airbrush color either Golden Airbrush or Medea Com-art colors work the best for this , easel or something to lean newsprint pad against ( you might find these easier to do standing up, easel is a great help if you have one).

Please get airbrush ready paints to use while learning, either Comart by Medea or Golden airbrush colors, even food coloring...

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