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Happy_1
Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 23, 2007
02:59 AM Post #3112941
| My DS wants a pix to cover speakers in his living room. He asked if I even have done any airbrushing...I said "not yet!!!!!!
Any info or whatever about anything would help.
Thanks
Hap |
renatelynne
Boerne, TX
(Zone 8b)
January 23, 2007
12:05 PM Post #3114004
| done some on ceramics... happy to answer questions if I can. |
ginger749
Gold Coast
Australia
January 23, 2007
12:13 PM Post #3114031
| Happy_1.
This is all airbrushed. Kell
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Happy_1
Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 24, 2007
09:01 AM Post #3116752
| It's you again, Kell. People will start to talk if we keep meeting like this! LOL
My son want a "pictures" of some sorts to cover speakers in his living room. We joked about airbrushing over the weekend and he asked me if I did it. I said, "Not yet !!!!"
He wants it done on some sort of cloth. Maybe some fish, for he likes to dive.
I do paint, so one hurdle is over, but never have done AB...but that has never stopped me from starting anything in my life...if you know what I mean.
Can you give any suggestions on the cloth for the speaker and if you think that AB will work on cloth. Actually, any help would be wonderful.
I love your panda. That sure is a big picture.
Oh, I have forgotten to mention that my DD hopes to be in AU next Jan and do some diving herself. I tried it in my pool and that was tooooo much for me. Gotta have air from the sky not a tube!
TTL
Hap |
ginger749
Gold Coast
Australia
January 24, 2007
10:12 AM Post #3117001
| If its on the speaker cloth why not Silk Screen it
Straight onto the cloth , Like they do T shirts ?
Or even Fabric Paint ?
Like the 2 rainbow Lorikeets above my cat painting.
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jasmerr
Merrimac, WI
(Zone 4b)
January 24, 2007
10:33 AM Post #3117070
| Lurking here, but I think that's a Koala, Happy!
Here's a Panda for ya! LOL
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renatelynne
Boerne, TX
(Zone 8b)
January 24, 2007
10:58 AM Post #3117184
| Use fabric paint (watered to milk consistancy) on any natural material (ie cotton, linen). Will work fine with an AB |
ginger749
Gold Coast
Australia
January 24, 2007
11:35 AM Post #3117299
| Thank you jasmerr,
You are so right of cause.
I just didn’t want to embarrass Happy_1.
I like your pic of the Panda.
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jasmerr
Merrimac, WI
(Zone 4b)
January 24, 2007
11:39 AM Post #3117317
| I'm certainly didn't do it to embarrass her; maybe I should edit my post. |
ginger749
Gold Coast
Australia
January 24, 2007
11:43 AM Post #3117329
| No . Dont do that
Happ will get a laugh out of that.
Had a big night on the booze last night Happy did. lol |
GD_Rankin
San Antonio, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 24, 2007
11:51 AM Post #3117358
| This one was an experiment with Acrylics using an airbrush. I was only going to paint the black background with the airbrush, so that the brush strokes would not be visible on the solid black areas. I had only used an airbrush a few times and never attempted any small detail work with one at that time. Once I started playing around with it . . . I couldn't stop. I ended up doing this entire painting with the airbrush.
btw - I call this one *Candle Light Mares* - it's 16" x 20" on canvas board.
One thing about airbrushs that some people don't realize is that you'll need a water trap on your air lines . . . especially in high humidity areas. This prevents moisture from getting into your paint and causing *fisheyes* in the painting.
If you have the time, place and the equipment . . . I suggest you give it a try. I think they are lots of fun and I was amazed at how much detail I was able to get with mine.
Good luck and be sure and share your final produce with us - be it with airbrush or not :)
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ginger749
Gold Coast
Australia
January 24, 2007
11:59 AM Post #3117399
| GD .
I like what you have done there.
The melting wax turning into the running horses.
Is that a self Portrait ? Kell
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GD_Rankin
San Antonio, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 24, 2007
12:42 PM Post #3117534
| Thanks Ginger :) |
Happy_1
Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 24, 2007
02:36 PM Post #3117962
| I knew it was a Koala...after all pandas are from S. Africa...It was a test for you all.
Kell, I did silk screening about 50 years ago and with only one color. Of course that would put me a little ahead of never doing AB. But isn't that what life's about? New stuff!!! I don't like to go back...did that, done that, got the tee shirt!!! So AB it is.
I'll be seeing DS soon and we can go over size, colors, etc and we'll see what we come up with,
Thanks for the info on the water trap, GD... whatever that is. I'm sure that I will find out. Did you use different tips to get to the fine work or is it just manipulation of the sprayer?
jas, is that a pic you painted? The enlargement didn't enlarge!!! so I could not tell.
Hap |
jasmerr
Merrimac, WI
(Zone 4b)
January 24, 2007
02:50 PM Post #3118025
| Oh, I wish I had painted. Unfortunately, I am a painter-wanna-be! |
GD_Rankin
San Antonio, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 24, 2007
03:21 PM Post #3118158
| No problem . . . If I remember correctly I picked up my water trap at the local Home Depot . . . you should be able to find one where ever air tools/accessories are sold. As far as the tips . . . my brush came with three sizes. I started with the smallest and just ran with that one. I later experimented with the larger ones and realize now I should have used a larger one for the black background areas. But hey . . . we live and we learn right ;)
One thing I would like to mention/warn you about . . . and you may already know this, but it's worth mentioning for others too. Acrylics dry VERY VERY FAST - and that's under normal conditions. You put a little *air* behind them and wooooo ha . . . look out. So the key is keep things moving if you decide to use acrylic paint. For the project you have in mind, you may be better off with a water based paint. Hobby Lobby has a nice selection and unless you just want to use acrylic for some reason, I'd use something water based in the airbrush. Otherwise, you may experience technical difficulties and kill half the fun of the project. ;) |
Happy_1
Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 24, 2007
04:32 PM Post #3118449
| You are all too serious here...or don't know geography...Pandas are NOT from S. Africa, or were you afraid of "Fooling Mother Nature" as the commercial used to say? LOL
GD, thanks. I am going to check out HL and see what they have to say about the price of tea in China.
Hap |
jasmerr
Merrimac, WI
(Zone 4b)
January 24, 2007
04:35 PM Post #3118454
| Totally missed that about the Panda's, Hap! LOL |
Happy_1
Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 24, 2007
04:45 PM Post #3118490
| GEEESH. |
GD_Rankin
San Antonio, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 24, 2007
05:19 PM Post #3118614
| lol ok . . . see if they have any extra Panda suits there while your at it ;) :D |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
January 24, 2007
08:06 PM Post #3119153
| LOL. You got us there Hap. |
ginger749
Gold Coast
Australia
January 24, 2007
08:17 PM Post #3119184
| She does this all the time on Mid-South.
She is such a little kidder.
I think she is trying to out do Moi. |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
January 24, 2007
08:38 PM Post #3119244
| LOL. Won't happen. |
ginger749
Gold Coast
Australia
January 24, 2007
08:55 PM Post #3119301
| To darn right Pep.
Mind like a trap door .
Ok its a little bit rusted.
But still OK.
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pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
January 24, 2007
08:58 PM Post #3119310
| LOL. Mine gets rusted til my brothers come over and they polish me up. |
ginger749
Gold Coast
Australia
January 24, 2007
09:03 PM Post #3119323
| I have a friend Al,
IT nerd.
Don`t see near enough of him since he moved.
Fixes Puters in 10 mins. And TV sets. for free.
My best mate in New Guinea. |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
January 24, 2007
09:10 PM Post #3119347
| All my computer nerds live out of state except for one but he doesn't like working on my computer. All but the last one are cousins. |
ginger749
Gold Coast
Australia
January 24, 2007
09:17 PM Post #3119372
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| Quoted: | | but he doesn't like working on my computer. |
That`s because you only offer him a cup of coffee.
Or were you wearing your Green face Mask ? |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
January 24, 2007
09:21 PM Post #3119387
| It's his wife that keeps him away. She doesn't like us that much. That's my uncle's wife too. I just threaten to throw the computer off the roof and have it shatter in a million pieces and it behaves for awhile. So no help needed...yet. lol |
