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Generally an air brush is not used for artistic advisable to use it. Today in the field of illustra- useful to you, we thought a good idea, while
it
watercolors, which does not mean that on cer- tion, the air brush is an indispensable tool. Maria Rius was producing her illustration, to
tain occasions, in order to obtain certain effects As a result of this requirement, and since under explain briefly the function and technique of the
such as smooth grading or blending, graded certain circumstances this knowledge may be airbrush.
strokes, the effects of mist, etc., it might not be
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ing,
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carry out a test
finally paint-
on any
test the gun, loading it with wa-
piece of paper, making sure
ter to prevent possible set- that there can be no splashing
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backs, such as the gun being which on the paper and final
dirty, blocked, etc. Having car-
drawing would mean an irre-
ried out this prior check, use versible mishap.
a coarse brush to transfer the
liquid paint from the cup in
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which it has been prepared to
the small reservoir of the
brush,
halfway.
filling it approximately
air
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Figs 421. 422- After having Fig. 423-Here is the back- Observe that this background
produced several pencil ground painted with an air has been reserved with adhe-
studies, Maria Rius drew these brush on which, if you look sive tape, in order to provide a
sea-gulls and this figure which closely, it is possible to see the frame or white margin around
could already be used for a fin- line drawing of the sea-gulls the illustration.
sky and sea with the air brush. She first applies
a blue-green background creating the sky and
nearly obliterating the pencil drawn figures.
Using the same color, Maria Rius paints a
series of five undulating stripes through a
templet or stencil, applying paint as she moves
the templet down. Thus, beginning at the top,
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the second stripe is darker still, and so on. in
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