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Izzy
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I'm Izzy. I'm originally from Los Angeles, but wanted to slow down the pace, so I moved to Pismo Beach, a small town in the central coast of California. I now have a small surfboard fiberglass shop, which has inspired me to be creative and explore a more artistic outlook on life.
Anyway, around a year ago I stumbled across some airbrush videos on YouTube, and I thought thought to myself, "I want to be an airbrush artist" So, I had my girlfriend buy me a complete airbrush setup for Christmas haha best gift I ever received. It was love at first spray. It came with an IWATA Eclipse HP-CS, a small air compressor w/tank, some cheap airbrush paint, and a hose. Since then, my friend gave me a Passche VL that he used once, and I just purchased the Badger Krome. I've used it once, but was having trouble trigger getting stiff on me after around 30 minutes of use, and then the paint started flowing with me just pressing for air. I did take it apart, and lube it when I received it, so I suspect it might be the paint I'm currently using. I have the .21 needle in there now and used Createx colors, which I just learned from I believe either Mr Micron or Squishy, on a thread I was reading, is for textile...t shirt art and such, which explained my frustration with dry tip and clogging on my cs. I will be purchasing their recommended wicked line. Curious to see the difference.
I have to admit. I haven't been practicing my dots, lines, blends and daggers/reverse daggers. I figured I would learn as I painted and doodled. I do mostly space scenes, and a mixture of space scenes with landscapes in the forefront using paint brushes (new to me as well). I do feel I've progressed some, but not where I should be. I've come to realize after joining this forum, that these practices are important and essential to being great, and I should pay my dues if I want to be great. I've just converted a room into an art studio and want to take my journey to the next level. I'd really like to learn how learn how to create realistic paintings. Animals, landscapes, seascapes and even fantasy realism.
Well, that's my intro! Haha hope I didn't bore you. I'm looking forward to learning, sharing and perhaps helping as I progress.
Best regards,
Izzy
Anyway, around a year ago I stumbled across some airbrush videos on YouTube, and I thought thought to myself, "I want to be an airbrush artist" So, I had my girlfriend buy me a complete airbrush setup for Christmas haha best gift I ever received. It was love at first spray. It came with an IWATA Eclipse HP-CS, a small air compressor w/tank, some cheap airbrush paint, and a hose. Since then, my friend gave me a Passche VL that he used once, and I just purchased the Badger Krome. I've used it once, but was having trouble trigger getting stiff on me after around 30 minutes of use, and then the paint started flowing with me just pressing for air. I did take it apart, and lube it when I received it, so I suspect it might be the paint I'm currently using. I have the .21 needle in there now and used Createx colors, which I just learned from I believe either Mr Micron or Squishy, on a thread I was reading, is for textile...t shirt art and such, which explained my frustration with dry tip and clogging on my cs. I will be purchasing their recommended wicked line. Curious to see the difference.
I have to admit. I haven't been practicing my dots, lines, blends and daggers/reverse daggers. I figured I would learn as I painted and doodled. I do mostly space scenes, and a mixture of space scenes with landscapes in the forefront using paint brushes (new to me as well). I do feel I've progressed some, but not where I should be. I've come to realize after joining this forum, that these practices are important and essential to being great, and I should pay my dues if I want to be great. I've just converted a room into an art studio and want to take my journey to the next level. I'd really like to learn how learn how to create realistic paintings. Animals, landscapes, seascapes and even fantasy realism.
Well, that's my intro! Haha hope I didn't bore you. I'm looking forward to learning, sharing and perhaps helping as I progress.
Best regards,
Izzy