The "air brush"

The uses of the spray gun for artists such as illustrators, draftsmen and painters are broad. The variety of styles and directions ranges from realistic and photorealistic art and illustration to painterly and free experimental use.

The motifs, content and themes of airbrush art are accordingly just as diverse. In addition to classic genres such as still life, landscape and portrait, there are animal and object depictions and the almost unmanageable area of fantastic illustrations through to mythological and biblical scenes. This only addresses the possibilities that the airbrush offers on conventional picture supports such as canvas or cardboard. In addition, there is the wide field of custom painting, because airbrush art can be carried out on almost any surface.

The technology underlying airbrush design has hardly had to develop further over the years and decades. It is still about the simple and effective principle of atomizing paint with the help of compressed air and applying it to a surface so skillfully that motifs are created whose visual expression can reach areas that go beyond the effect of a photograph. In order to be able to fully exploit the entire spectrum of this technology with its creative possibilities, in addition to sound knowledge of how to use the airbrush, knowledge of how to use other materials and tools, such as brushes, pens, paints, erasers, etc. is required.

The date of the invention of the first spray gun is disputed. In Japan, the art of spraying is said to have been known as early as the 17th century. In the West, the painting technique of aerography only became known in the 19th century.

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