On a roll after finishing the crash helmet I jumped straight into this. I was always (and still am) on the lookout for things to paint around the house. (Nothing is safe!). I bought this guitar about 10 years ago from a friend for a bargain with the sole intention of using it to learn to play. I never had the time to learn and so this got battered and bruised and has spent most if its time with me either living in the loft, in the shed or in the garage, the latter 2 in damp conditions!. It was looking worse for wear and was screaming out for attention!
I wanted to paint a flag on the front of the guitar after seeing a couple of videos on the internet and thinking it would be quick and relatively easy!?! Whilst painting the crash helmet I was constantly going through ideas in my head for the guitar. Rather than painting a 2D flag I wanted more depth and so wanted to show movement by adding ripples with shadows and highlights. I also wanted to test my abilities.
It had to be a Union Jack! I wanted to be sympathetic to what I was painting by having a theme that was connected to music.
With the idea for the front sorted I then thought about the back of the guitar. Again, it had to be connected to music, preferably an acoustic guitar and be British. It had to be a singer/band! I wanted to do something that people would understand why and to paint something that would appeal to the majority. I decided on 'The Beatles' because whether you like them or not, you will have heard of them. They were/still are huge and people will get the 'why'.
Anyway, I waffle far too much so I will cut to the chase and let you see for yourself!
I wanted to paint a flag on the front of the guitar after seeing a couple of videos on the internet and thinking it would be quick and relatively easy!?! Whilst painting the crash helmet I was constantly going through ideas in my head for the guitar. Rather than painting a 2D flag I wanted more depth and so wanted to show movement by adding ripples with shadows and highlights. I also wanted to test my abilities.
It had to be a Union Jack! I wanted to be sympathetic to what I was painting by having a theme that was connected to music.
With the idea for the front sorted I then thought about the back of the guitar. Again, it had to be connected to music, preferably an acoustic guitar and be British. It had to be a singer/band! I wanted to do something that people would understand why and to paint something that would appeal to the majority. I decided on 'The Beatles' because whether you like them or not, you will have heard of them. They were/still are huge and people will get the 'why'.
Anyway, I waffle far too much so I will cut to the chase and let you see for yourself!
AIRBRUSH - Iwata Revolution SAR. Iwata Revolution BCR. Original kit.
PAINTS - Createx. AutoAir Transparents.
PAINTS - Createx. AutoAir Transparents.
Front
I prepped the guitar by rubbing it down with 400 & 600 grit wet and dry sandpaper. I then cleaned the surface, dried it thoroughly and gave it a few coats of white primer (spray can).
I masked off the areas I I wanted to keep white, and using a scalpel I trimmed the tape. I was working from the idea in my head only and so made up the design as I went along.
I masked off the areas I I wanted to keep white, and using a scalpel I trimmed the tape. I was working from the idea in my head only and so made up the design as I went along.
I can't believe that I didn't take any photo's for the middle part!?!!
It took longer masking everything up than it did to paint, and if I knew then what I know now I wish I'd have used Frisket Film! This part would have been so much simpler but I hadn't even heard of it at this point.
It took longer masking everything up than it did to paint, and if I knew then what I know now I wish I'd have used Frisket Film! This part would have been so much simpler but I hadn't even heard of it at this point.
Once the masking tape had been removed I added shadow and highlights. I used far too much white on the right hand side - you can see the colour looks really washed out. I'm happy with the rest of the ripples, but the vertical one in the middle of the bottom half looks a little wrong.
A couple of coats of 2k laquer followed by 20 mins with the polishing machine, I ended up with this: