STING ON A DENIM JACKET
This past summer, my sister in law brought me a picture of T-shirts before, but I never had the chance to try painting on
the singer Sting, which she liked a lot. She asked me if I could
denim so I was kind of looking forward to give it a try.
airbrush it on the back of her denim jacket. I have painted on
With the freshly when heat set. Only one type of airbrush was used and that’s an
cleaned jacket, I mount Eclipse HP-CS, which I find is a good type of gravity feed airbrush
it on the masonite for this kind of work because of the .5mm needle/nozzle size
board which I use for and the way it performs with low viscosity paints. Because it’s
painting T’s. I have the a gravity feed, I find that I’m able to get some rather fine lines
board covered with with it, even at low pressure with the Createx paint. The denim
some aluminum paper surface was prepped using 2 light coats of GAC900 from Gold-
held in place with some en mixed to a 1:1 ratio with some Airbrush Medium also from
spray glue, which is up Golden. I let it dry between each coat. When dry, I heat set with
against the surface a hot iron over some parchment paper for about five minutes
that gets painted. I find making sure to move around with the iron. This paper you can
that I get much better find at the supermarket. It’s a non-stick paper for cooking and
results when heat setting because the heat does not dissipate backing. Never use the hot iron directly on the prepped surface.
as fast into the supporting panel or surface. For this painting, I Make sure to read instructions on the GAC900 bottle before
worked with some black and white from Createx paints, which heat setting. When heat setting, always work in a well ventilated
is made for various surfaces such as fabric and is permanent
area.
I started by giving the entire panel a light coat of black. Don’t go too dark, because
It’s important to be able to read the outlines and shapes when using the paper
masks as explained in the next step. For this painting, I decided at the beginning
that I would work from dark to light, meaning that I would be detailing with the white
over the black. The other way around is also possible. You have to go with what you
are more comfortable doing, but it’s a good idea when you have a chance, to try
painting the same subject using both methods. There are some pros and cons to
each approach. You will have to experiment with both to find what works for you.
With some 2’’ wide masking tape, I carefully mask the area around the back panel
where I’ll be painting the portrait. The size of the back panel is perfect for the sub-
ject as well as the effect that I’m looking for. Using some scrap paper, I cover the
remaining sections of the jacket to protect it from overspray. Not visible on the
picture, I used some metal paper clips to hold the jacket to the masonite board
while making sure that it’s as stretched as possible. Contrary to a T-shirt, here you
can pull rather hard on the material without any risk of distortion. What I’m really
looking for here is a smooth surface without any creases.
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