Hello

Llew81

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Suppose I’d better introduce myself..

Rhodri is my real name, from the middle of nowhere in the glorious Welsh mountains but now living and working in London..

Landscape photography is my main hobby, but with looking after my kids and work I hardly ever get a proper chance to do that these days.. Other hobbies include any sport that is liable to send me to A&E on a regular basis; rugby, American football and currently as an ice hockey goalie, which is kind of what has led me here. Eventually I want to paint my goalie mask..

As is fairly common with me, I have jumped in with both feet. I found what seemed to me to be good prices on an Iwata HP-C and Olympos SP B as my brushes and some Com Art paint... The Iwata will be the one to start with obviously. I’ve also plumbed for a Bambi compressor, and will be attempting to fudge together a painting booth out of a sheet of acrylic and an inline extractor fan.

I have very little experience of painting, only really dabbling a bit with models when I was younger. I figured that for the same price as paying for someone to do my lid, I could buy the stuff and try and teach myself a new skill whilst I was at it... I don’t plan on letting myself loose on the lid anytime soon though, I think a little bit of practice is in order first!

If anyone is bored and fancies a look, some of my photos are here. They are unfortunately primarily just glorified holiday snaps and my kids these days though
https://flic.kr/ps/8Wb6y

Thanks

Rhod
 
Welcome from Australia, what better way to learn something than to jump in the deep end :) worked for me lol

As a photographer you will already have an eye for what looks right so your probably ahead of some of us when we started.

throw some paint in the brush and point and shoot at something - anything, it’s the best way to get a feel for how the tool works, grab a kids colouring in book and practise staying in the lines, blends etc and learning how far back you need to pull the trigger back and what psi you should have (normally 30 or below on the regulator with air flowing from the brush)
Then practise straight lines (speed and confidence is key here)

then varying size dots
Good luck, I hope the journey be enjoyable
 
Thanks guys.. with the current situation regarding this virus, I'm not sure when all my supplies will be delivered.. but I am very much looking forward to getting started!
 
Welcome to the forum Sir! There are some great photos on display there Buddy. Doing some research and jumping in with a couple brushes isn’t a bad thing. When they arrive, give us a shout and I can send you over some practice sheets to get you going.
 
Welcome to the forum Sir! There are some great photos on display there Buddy. Doing some research and jumping in with a couple brushes isn’t a bad thing. When they arrive, give us a shout and I can send you over some practice sheets to get you going.
Cool.. that would be grand thanks!
 
Hey Rhod, welcome to the forum, I was only in Wales this afternoon, riding the roads around LLanberis and Porthmadog.. I'm sure your supplies will arrive soon and you will start to jump in and have a blast with your airbrush.. The others have you covered with things to work on. Good luck

Lee
 
Looks like you have a good setup, not everyone has a booth or space like that to paint in.

Lee
 
welcome :) photography is a huge artform in itself - i am useless at taking photos. learning to airbrush is great fun to learn.
 
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