Airbrushing
Airbrushing is a more modern painting technique that can be used in a variety of interesting projects. Discover information and tips about airbrushing tools, techniques and applications here at ArtSupplies.Lifetips.com. Are you a model enthusiast? A manicurist or makeup artist? A graphic artist? Airbrushing and its endless applications may be the medium for you.
The Airbrush
Airbrushing advice: An airbrush works by passing a stream of fast moving air through a venturi, which creates a local reduction in pressure (suction) that allows paint to be pushed up from a reservoir at normal atmospheric pressure. The paint is mixed with the air and blown through a very fine nozzle, which atomizes it into tiny droplets. The paint is carried onto the paper or other medium. The operator controls the amount of paint using a variable trigger which opens more or less of the nozzle using a very fine tapered needle. This extremely fine degree of control is what allows an artist to create such smooth blending effects using the device.