Airbrush Technique Issue 21

On this foam-board I will use a dark transfer paper to transfer the design. Once you have transferred the design I will sometimes lightly trace it with a blue #8041 stabilo pencil, these pencils are soft and the marks can be removed with a lightly dampened cloth. You can put sample designs on any surface you like; I use foam-board because it is very light. Spray a light coat of clear and let it set up before doing any drawing or painting on the surface of the board, this allows for removing or changing lines easier. Once the design is transferred you must identify where the gold leaf will be applied. (on the sketch I filled in with color that area). Material list for what I’m about to show you. Foam board, Gold leaf Size, one Shot Kansas City Teal paint, Mineral Spirits to clean brushes, One Shot Reducer, Kafka no. 5 Scroll Brush to outline leaf, No.1 lettering Quill to do fine Scrolls, Mack Striping brush, and No 5 lettering brush. Black Transfer Paper, Varigated Gold Leaf. Using “OneShot Fast Gold Size” and a #5 lettering brush I start brushing in where the gold leaf will be. Do NOT thin this Gold size; this size is a varnish and is already thin. Apply it so you have a minimum of brush strokes, brush lightly. When brushing into a point or edge of a design rotate your brush and lift up just like you are outlining a design. This size, even though it is called “fast size” can take time to tack up. Since it has a yellow tint it is easy to tell if you missed any spots by also adding a drop of darker OneShot viewing becomes easier. You also may need to backstroke the brush to smooth out some of the areas. Backstroking meaning starting at the opposite direction. You may need to lift your brush and work only on the edge of the brush to reach some of the tighter areas. The Gold size flows quite easy though. Time yourself when starting to apply the size. Even thought there is not a lot of area to be done, it takes about 45 min. to get to this point of applying the gold leaf. At 45 min. gently glide your knuckle over the sized area, if you get a squeaking sound and no marks on the area where your knuckle touched then the area is ready for the gold leaf. When first starting out with this technique, you might wish to have a practice piece next to the actual work applying the size in the same time frame. This will allow you to test the size on the practice piece and not the actual work. When applying leaf you can use a gilders tip brush or do it by hand. Since this is Variegated Red Leaf, it is a little heavier, I will do this by hand.

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Airbrush Technique Issue 21 Tom Banks John Phillips & Javier Soto Lorin Gipe Patrick Kelly Paul Shaw Easyrider V-Twin Show Airbrush Fitto Kicks Korner RIch Milo John Avila ABT Reader Meet and Greet

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