Thread: The Basic's

I use dots, daggers, & linework every day I work..I painted 41 shirts today, & while I was in the middle of one of them I wondered to myself how many dagger strokes were in a typical shirt..I can tell you it's a whole lot..each sparkle is 8 dagger strokes, & I probably have a 9 sparkle minimum to each shirt..I firmly believe that each airbrush stroke is started with a dot & usually stopped with a dagger (especially in cursive lettering)..so regardless if you're aware of it or not, airbrushing is a continuous succession of dots & daggers.. I feel you must know how to accomplish the fundamental brush strokes (there's only two or three) or you won't advance far with the craft of airbrushing....That's my opinion..

Everyday even when i try to paint something else i always go back to the basics.

Being new, a whole session is practice and just might consist soely of doing daggers et al. I am fairly confident now with my dots, but still throw a line of them in too. It is a great way to warm up and try things out, it gives you a standard that you can compare things too. Like buying new paints or trying out a new brush. If only there was a market for pagers of lines and dots that haven't been put into a pretty configuration modern art maybe?



Eric

I try to do a warm-up every time I paint, but only paint on average about once/month, so that's how I voted

hmm,, i have to confess i'm to lazy,,i know i should practice,,but
i'm little strange i guess,,(i guess you found out)thinking,,i'll get the feeling while painting,,,well,,,airbrushing is just a hobby of mine so that's maybe why i am slapdash person in that matter,,i know that's a bad excuse,,,,
/kimmo

I agree with landsbro...but it's not a hobby to me..I enjoy it so much that one day I want my own shop to do t's ,tanks ,hoods,fine art you name it I want to do it so I have to push myself for the better and as darla says fundamentals....

I had to go with once a month also as I don't paint that often - especialy in winter.

I don't paint full time either .I wish I coiuld paint more. I think I spend more time on this forum than I do painting . Everthing else crowds it out. I love it when I can though!