hi guys,
i have only had an airbrush 2 days but after looking through loads of videos and posts etc, im really struggling to see why I would use one,
i have been painting with acrylics (not airbrushing) for about 7 months with regular brushes and and its very rewarding, I get good results for the time I've put in, I dont know if many of you come from a traditional brush and pallet painting background so you may not be Able to answer but I cannot see what airbrushing gives me over traditional painting
one thing I i've noticed about airbrushing is that much of the artwork is pretty bad...by that I mean daft skulls, flames, and fantasy figures , and rakes of paintings of batmans joker and loads of other cheezy gothic stuff, dont get me wrong i've seen good stuff to, but not really hands , limb s etc only faces, I also notice the good airbrushing seems to be on a very large scale,
i also notice that many portrait airbrushings come out looking like plastic mannequins.
with traditional painting, there is a vast array of styles, from expressionism to hyperrealism, thats a style even more realistic than a photo..google it.. I dont see the same variety in airbrushing.
I have also seen that the colour changing and blending with airbrushing is really messy and time consuming and ineffective, and with the added headace of tip dry, not good
I guess the point im making is, why airbrush ? I dont get same feeling as I do when holding a paintbrush or a pencil..
this post Is not intended to offend people, its a genuine question, maybe you felt like this at one point ?
cheers rob
i have only had an airbrush 2 days but after looking through loads of videos and posts etc, im really struggling to see why I would use one,
i have been painting with acrylics (not airbrushing) for about 7 months with regular brushes and and its very rewarding, I get good results for the time I've put in, I dont know if many of you come from a traditional brush and pallet painting background so you may not be Able to answer but I cannot see what airbrushing gives me over traditional painting
one thing I i've noticed about airbrushing is that much of the artwork is pretty bad...by that I mean daft skulls, flames, and fantasy figures , and rakes of paintings of batmans joker and loads of other cheezy gothic stuff, dont get me wrong i've seen good stuff to, but not really hands , limb s etc only faces, I also notice the good airbrushing seems to be on a very large scale,
i also notice that many portrait airbrushings come out looking like plastic mannequins.
with traditional painting, there is a vast array of styles, from expressionism to hyperrealism, thats a style even more realistic than a photo..google it.. I dont see the same variety in airbrushing.
I have also seen that the colour changing and blending with airbrushing is really messy and time consuming and ineffective, and with the added headace of tip dry, not good
I guess the point im making is, why airbrush ? I dont get same feeling as I do when holding a paintbrush or a pencil..
this post Is not intended to offend people, its a genuine question, maybe you felt like this at one point ?
cheers rob