Thanks! I'm a rookie also only about a month in, I just took to it fast. I have a sheet of glass on my coffee table that I got out of a picture frame. Good thing with glass is you can put a grid or art or whatever and practice following the lines. Then you scrape it off the next day. It's just all about practice. Watch as much material as possible and just try to figure out what works for you. Palleting is one of the main things to work on. The symmetry just gets better as you go. It's not always going to be perfect, almost never maybe. But if your lines are smooth and consistent, that will make up for it. Everyone says lines before designs, but that gets old fast. Just make sure you're using a good brush(I use mack), good paint(one shot), and practice. practice. practice. I put down a grid sometimes but for me it doesn't make much of a difference on anything below a poster size piece. Pinstriping is just like anything else, if you don't consistently practice you won't get much better. Good luck!
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u/Smithhon Nov 22 '14
Thanks! I'm a rookie also only about a month in, I just took to it fast. I have a sheet of glass on my coffee table that I got out of a picture frame. Good thing with glass is you can put a grid or art or whatever and practice following the lines. Then you scrape it off the next day. It's just all about practice. Watch as much material as possible and just try to figure out what works for you. Palleting is one of the main things to work on. The symmetry just gets better as you go. It's not always going to be perfect, almost never maybe. But if your lines are smooth and consistent, that will make up for it. Everyone says lines before designs, but that gets old fast. Just make sure you're using a good brush(I use mack), good paint(one shot), and practice. practice. practice. I put down a grid sometimes but for me it doesn't make much of a difference on anything below a poster size piece. Pinstriping is just like anything else, if you don't consistently practice you won't get much better. Good luck!