What You Need To Know Before Purchasing An Air Brush Painting
Air brush painting is an art work using a small tool, the air brush to spray dyes on a surface. Air brush painting was introduced as far back as 1876 and has now found its use in many artworks ranging from photo retouching, painting murals, fingernail arts, clothing designs to makeup application though it was originally designed to produce special effects with any type of paint. The use of airbrush in artworks gives the work some look of reality. Effects for 3D, weathering and stains can be added to existing art or when creating new ones.
The airbrush is operated air and works by pumping compressed air through a channel. The pumping action reduces the air pressure and pulls paint from a container under normal pressure. The high speed at which the paint is pumped disintegrates the paint into droplets and then onto the spraying surface. The artist has control over the amount of paint getting to the paper surface by a variable trigger.
Air brush painting is used on both commercial and small scale levels. It is used by automobile and heavy machinery manufacturers to spray their products. Architects and other designers also use it to draw designs of their products as it affords them the opportunity of 3D representation. Modeling magazines show images of models with no blemish or spot on their skin that is what airbrush painting can achieve. They also use it to add special features and effects like smiles and other facial expressions not present on the original image. Beauticians and makeup artists use it for painting tattoos, tanning, and general make-up application. A skill in air brush painting is therefore needed by almost everybody.
An airbrush kit may consist of a bottle, a compressor, an air hose, paints and most importantly an instruction manual. The manual contains information on all the other components, how to use and maintain them. The bottle is the container for the paint in the set-up, the air hose transports compressed air to the paint, a compressor compressed the air from the atmosphere and then the paint for the work.
Airbrush kits may cost as low as $20.00 and as high as thousands of dollars, depending on the components supplied with the kit, quality of materials used as well as target market. Some well known brands may be expensive because they are specially made for professional artists and may come with some additional features not available with ordinary ones. One supplier for instance offers three different brands of airbrush kits with different pricing. The AIRBRUSH KIT Air Brush HOBBY PAINT SPRAYER with Canned Air for instance was being sold at $13.78 whiles the NEW AIRBRUSHING KIT 3 AIRBRUSHES & AIRBRUSH COMPRESSOR was being sold at $135.00.
Care must therefore be taken when purchasing airbrush kits. Determine the skill level and the needs of the user before deciding which brand or type of airbrush kit to purchase. Everyone needs one of these kits as air brush painting may be a good career path as well as an entertaining hobby.
