Once I’m satisfied with the flag I go in and put in the stitches by scraping the paint
off with an Xacto blade. I will always try to get them in by scratching techniques
or paint brush, unless it’s just too small of a flag. This takes extra time but is well
worth it when someone says “look at the details, he even put the stitches in!”
Here are a couple of close ups of the move-
ment and stitching.
Now for the finished flag and a recap of the supplies used for this mural.
MS Publisher on your PC or any other Picture Enlargement and Printing Soft-
ware
Clear Masking Tape, Xacto Knife and Blades, double action airbrush, E’TAC Pri-
vate Stock Pyrrole Red, Shading Black and Tinting White , Auto Air Transparent
Cobalt Blue and Semi Opaque Deep Red
I hope you enjoyed this How To and it helps someone.................Kwit
SkillsUSA , a national leadership organization for vocational stu- Bob Mroz, airbrush artist and instructor at Erie 1 BOCES was
dents in training, held its first airbrush competition in New York the competition Chairperson. Bob has just introduced the new
State on March 10th. Students from 9 Western NY schools “Custom Painting and Graphics” program to his district last Sep-
competed in the Custom Painting and Graphics competition at tember and it has become an overnight success. Bob states,
Alfred State College’s Auto Collision Department in Wellsville, “kids today watch television shows like American Chopper, Trick
NY, showcasing their artwork and earning scholarship dollars My Truck, Pimp My Ride, and more, wanting to be able to brush
for post secondary training in the field. like they do on TV. Starting this competition only expands their
Brandon Boczar, a 17 year old senior at Potter Career and Tech- interest and gives students the opportunity to display their art-
nical Center in West Seneca, NY, won first place with an awe- work and see success in what they work so hard to do. These
some rendition of airbrush artist Alan Pastrana’s eagle head. kids are all stars.”
Other phases of the competition included a freehand skull ren- The judges for the 2009 SkillsUSA NY Area 1 Custom Painting
dering from Richard Markham’s Master Series, and a written and Graphics competition are “all stars” in their own right, as
test used from the Terms and Definitions article by Airbrush well. Airbrush artist and instructor Tom Banks from “Big Daddy
Techniques Magazine contributor, Don Johnson. Customs” in Bessemer, PA, took time out of his busy schedule to
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