My first airbrush art

Decided to have a go at some airbrush art so I'm doing a course on the goldy at the moment. This is my main piece from day 1. I've only ever done alclad and solid colour on models with the airbrush before today so don't look too closely...




The background is a cracked granite effect. We are doing this one in colour tomorrow.

That's pretty cool for your first go, by the end of the week you'll be putting Shoey to shame.

ARRRGH! What has taken me 100 years to learn, you will master in a week.
Well done dude, keep it, can't wait to see some more!

Today's efforts...

You can stop right now ya mongrel!

Cool. Do you mask or is it all freehand?

The skull is done with a stencil for the basic head shape then the rest is all freehand including the teeth. The landscape scene was masked only to create a horizon, all the detail is done freehand.

WOW - very cool. You must have quite a bit of talent.

Thanks for the comments guys. It's not that hard to do when you learn the tricks. This is the main piece I worked on to finish the course off.

theyre brlliant! love the landscape one especially, more!!!!!!!!!

WoW some great skills Wicked colours
Cheers Marshie

Trust me, it's as good in person as it is in the pics, very cool. Thanks for dropping in mate, was great to catch up again, sorry about the missus drooling on the Munro

Jason...dude!! Very nice pics mate. Absoultely love the last one.
Whatever you paid for the coarse, it was well worth it!!
Now, to apply your new skills to 1:25th

Kirk the drool is fine. I can wash that off ;-) Thanks for inviting me over it was good to catch up again.

Joe I will see how I go with the 1/25th scale stuff... Need more practise yet..

This is the last thing I've done but it's not finished yet. Ran out of time on the course. This is my evil clown.

Very cool,
How big is the canvas? or is it a piece of wood?

They are all just under a3 size except for the main piece with the blade in it, that one is a little bigger again. The skulls are done in a paper spirax art book with thick paper. The others are done on an aluminium lined plastic board with a white coating on the alloy. Not sure exactly what it's called... The landscape and the main piece have been clear coated in a spray booth with 2 pac, the clown hasn't as it's not yet finished. The paint I've used for the airbrush is dupont centari mastertint basecoat colours.

For anyone that's thinking of getting into airbrush art I can definately recommend the course I did with advanced airbrush with Wayne and Ryan. They do courses all over the country. You won't learn everything in 5 days but it will sure give you a good start and the basics that you need to work on to get really good. If you don't have an airbrush they will supply 1 for the course so don't let that stop you.

Cheers

Look great i want to do one. Iv always wanted to air properly. How long does the course go for and how much does it cost

I did a 5 day course and it was $625 with everything included. You can do 2, 3, 5 and 7 day courses if you want depending on your course location. It does cost a bit to do but you are learning from the best and it will set you up nicely if you want to get into doing airbrushing as an income source. I would recommend the 5 day course if you can manage it, just because it gives you time to learn more of the tecniques and really get a proper handle on getting the fine control needed to do a lot of the strokes etc. The website to check out the courses is www.airbrush.com.au

Tell Wayne i sent ya!

did wayne harrison teach you this tecnique

Yeah that's him.

he has to be the best air artist in australia folowed by rod gilchrist in west aus
are you using iwata guns or something similar i use sparmax paasche and holding air guns for my detail work

I use an iwata hp-c+. I used to have a cheaper one that worked well but it couldn't handle the automotive thinners too well.. Yeah Wayne is excellent at what he does. Makes it look very easy too!

Awesome artwork Tillerman, you must have picked it up pretty quick, very detailed.

Great work - it won't be long before you can post up some graffiti on a wall somewhere???