Airbrushing: The Essential Guide
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (663 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00E78RFJU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 600 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Good info but bad projects The first half of this book gives a lot of good information about airbrush history, use, care, maintenance, and troubleshooting. I found the projects not to be very useful to a beginner. The landscape project gave some general info about masking but was not very practical to follow step by step. The. TO BE FORWARNED !!! Laurie the librarian This is an excellent book for someone who knows nothing about airbrushing and is just considering the challenge.It may not make sense to anyone else, but to me it was worth knowing in advance that it is not for me !!!When I set about doing art work, the tool is but an instrument. If I must be a slav. Candice Jennings said Great. Got it for my friend for Christmas. He really likes it. Says it's the best present.
Superbly illustrated with 399 colour photographs. This step-by-step guide to techniques and maintenance explains how to run and maintain an airbrush and gives step-by-step examples of a range of projects. Topics covered include: Technical illustration; Watercolour landscapes; Portraits; Painting scale models; Cake decorating; T-shirts and leather; Custom painting vehicles. The technique has been used for some 150 years, and is now finding ever more applications. Fred Crellin runs not only his own airbrushing company specializing in custom painting, portraits and cartoons but also the Artimagination Airbrush School.. With troubleshooting tips throughout, it enables you to get the most from your airbrush and create beautiful pieces with a professional finish. Airbrushing is a versatile and exciting art. The airbrush student has to learn significant new skills - to master not only colour and shade, but also air pressure, paint consistency and the diverse ways of masking and shading that can help to achieve such wonderful results.' Professor Andy Penaluna. 'To those who airbrush the joys are well known, as well of course, as the trials and tribulations of managing the instrument its