Cheryl A. Dobkins rubberki@MAIL2.NAI.NET
I use mine a lot in the books I make especially for a sky background....take a paper towel and tear it along the grain and it will give you a really nice jagged edge. I then lay it on paper in horizontal or semi horizontal fashion and air brush to create a cloud or sky cover. I have looked at so many sunsets since I have moved to the "country" that it finally dawned on me just how many colors there actually are in a sunset. I did one book recently that was a native american theme and in an accordian style book. It took me over an hour but by the time I was through from first fold to last was one huge sunset sky. From there I was able to stamp and add anything I wanted to the book itself.

Janet Detter Margul janet@DM.NET
Try mortise masking your areas and then directing your airbrush stream right along the edges (creating a natural highlight in the middle). Or go in with a different color and create your own highlights and shadows with color. Try masking your images and highlighting around them by directing your airbrush stream again at the edges of your mask. Try going freeform and making sunset sky backgrounds. Try creating an antique sepia look by airbrushing on top of something already colored.

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