III Episode - AIRBRUSH [Part 1]
10/04/2022 Today’s Topic: AIRBRUSH !!!
Sorry for the Delay, I got hooked on other shit and I wasn't in the mood for this.
However, let's start with the first one. Everyone knows that I love airbrushing, not only because it really easier to make transitions from one color to another, but also because it doesn't' substitute the brush, it adds to it.
I love the Spanish School of painting even if I was born as a painter thanks to Musha, and they do use a lot of airbrushes. Airbrushing starts expensive but does not add to it, and it requires a bit of maintenance of the part.
The first thing you should do as an entry lever airbrusher is to buy a good compressor and a shitty airbrush.
The ones that go cheered are perfect but at this level anything under 30 euros it's good, the important part is that it is DOUBLE ACTION. Why? Compressors are useful even outside the airbrushing, for cleaning especially. Airbrushes are good only for painting. Besides, expensive airbrushes are really easy to break up in the hands of a newbie. What you should do with your new cheap airbrush is to focus on priming with it and doing some basic colors, mixing it up with water. This will ensure that you will use a lot of a single color and not mix it up. Once you have started, you will notice the first problems. clogging, the color that comes out in chunks and not with the flow, or too much liquid color that does droplets. What is the problem? Everything, because you are a newbie.
The first thing to check is your compressor: the GOOD compressor you have bought should have a handler or a valve that allows you to tune the pressure. I work usually between 1-2bar for general use, and in this range, the pressure varies enough to allow you some fine-tuning. If your color is too liquid, decreasing or increasing the pressure should help you. If your airbrush doesn't spit out color, add more water and try again. To mix very well the colors and the water inside the airbrush cup, use a sponge to close the front of the airbrush, and trigger it, as you would for giving the color. The air will be blocked and it will go into the cup, bubbling the tank and therefore allowing mixing.
If it gives you still problems, now you need to check the airbrush. Therefore, learn how to dismantle it, learn how the parts work and how to clean them. You can use a simple metal detergent mixed with some demineralized water. It will suffice.
Another thing very important while airbrushing is to properly trigger the airbrush itself.
Here you will find all of what you need to properly do the airbrushing:
Here you have his complete video series https://www.youtube.com/c/AirbrushAsylum/videos
But to cut a long story short, what you need to do when using the trigger is to always open the color last and close it first. Remember that in a double action airbrush the color is released only when you pull the trigger but not when you push it. So first push and then pull it backwards. When you have finished, hold the push on the trigger and close the color flow. This will ensure that the clogs are rare.
Yours,
Jaka