Welcome . . . to the amazing world of airbrushing!

The Most Powerful, Exciting and Versatile Art Tool Ever Created:

“Powerful” because it can do virtually everything a pencil, pastel or paint brush can do and a whole lot more that is unique to the airbrush.  In the hands of a highly trained professional, the airbrush is an amazing art tool.

The simple facts about the airbrush are impressive:

• You can put any paint you like through an airbrush

• You can paint on absolutely any surface you like

• You can create strokes as thin as a pencil and as wide as a small paint roller, instantly

• You can create any colour intensity, from 1% to 100%, instantly

• Put another way . . . You can apply the palest tints of colour to the richest intensities, instantly

• You can create any focal value from in focus to out of focus, with a single stroke

• You don’t touch the surface, enabling you to paint rough textured and contoured surfaces

• You can make every stroke as long as you like and not have to stop to recharge your brush or sharpen your pencil

• You can easily create artworks where the strokes blend together, becoming invisible to the eye

• You can create artworks faster with an airbrush than any other art tool . . . much much faster

All of the above makes the airbrush a very exciting and profound art tool to use.

While it is the most powerful and amazing art tool ever created, it is easily the youngest art tool ever created. Unlike pencils, pastels, charcoals, paint brushes, tools that have been around for a thousand years if not more, the airbrush is roughly only 120 years old.  Despite its very short history, it has burst onto the world art scene causing controversy that still lingers today. It has become an important tool in every commercial field where colour is applied by hand.

The biggest impact has been with the Living Art Movement, where people paint objects and surfaces that are lived with rather than canvases that are hung on gallery walls.  The Living Art Movement, is about people painting children's bedroom walls, feature walls in homes, restaurants, retail outlets, museums, etc (muralling) . . . about painting peoples cars, bikes, helmets, boats, surfboards, etc (custom painting) . . . about painting t-shirts, jeans, bags, shoes, leather jackets, doona covers, pillow cases, band back drops (textiles), . . . pottery, models, crafts . . . the list of everyday objects and surfaces that people are painting is too long to list here but the Living Art Movement goes far beyond the limited notion of “crafts” when you look at the incredible artworks that are being created by the airbrush community on anything that will stand still long enough. The airbrush is the King of the Living Art Movement, it is the tool of choice.

In the hands of a properly trained beginner it can still be very impressive.  The images shown right are of students in the classroom.  Learning to airbrush is surprisingly simple.  When you pick up an airbrush, there are only eight strokes that you can create (see the Octave and Eye diagrams on the “No art experience” page).  Go to the Student / Teacher gallery to really see what the airbrush is capable of, in properly trained hands.

It is by far the most versatile art tool ever created.  The skill of controlling an airbrush is the same, no matter what surface you wish to paint on, and what type of imagery you wish to create.  

Regardless of whether you wish to airbrush on steel, wood, cotton, canvas, leather, fibreglass, whatever the surface, the skills stay the same . . . all that changes is the paint that you use for each surface (and you can put any paint you like through an airbrush).

Regardless of whether you wish to paint portraits, fantasy art, cartoons, wildlife, landscapes, you name it, you will still just use the same eight strokes (again see the “No art experience” page).

Once you learn how to use the airbrush correctly, and which paint goes with which surface, the creative opportunities for you are endless - you can paint any image on any surface, using the same simple skill set with the airbrush.

The Venturi Method:

If you are interested to learn to airbrush, Airbrush Venturi will make your learning systematic and rewarding. The Venturi Method is the first ever engineered system of airbrush rendering.  We use the word “rendering” very carefully.  We do not teach “art”.  We teach people to create realist renderings, using a systematic method, that we have spent over 20 years developing . . . and is now the first ever nationally recognised certificate in airbrushing.

There is a lot to tell you about Airbrush Venturi. We hope you find the following pages interesting and informative.