Just a reponse to Betrum's notation about the Face & Body Art Convention - Betrum we met there in SF.
And that was in 2004, the third convention held and the first year they offered airbrush classes.
I wasn't impressed either - but my skills surpassed equaled the instructors. Most of whom I now friends.

I think you will find as the Face and Body Art International Convention now enters it 6th year - as far as airbrushing you will now be impressed. The focus is still face art as it is with the new Face and Body Art Convention which has a great line up of instuctors - again the focus is face art. But both do provide airbrushing skills and body art - both are held in Orlando, produced by women who were business partners in the first 5 conventions - one is in January, one in May. Let's just say the airbrush and overall body art experience has really grown there - and at $250 to be able to take several classes some with body artists who are very talented at their chosen profession, plus paint and jam with painters from all over in varying skill levels is a good deal - but then I paint every week - day - this is what I do for a living.

Bertrum you were one of like what three airbrush body costumes that night? - Painted by my dear friend Marta Fischer of Party Faces.

How about coming and seeing 30 professional models/dancers/performers body painted a night = some airbrushed some sponge and brushwork - presenting the artworks set to music, movement and dance. Awesome experience. Classes by four winners of the World Body Painting Festival ---- now winning a prize or title doesn't necessarily impress me --- but these guys are great artists and have some great skills. Nick and Brian Wolfe took 2nd, Mark Reid took 6th, Vargas took 12th and Craig Tracy judged at the 2007 World Body Painting Festval in Austria. They are friendly, fun, approachable and willing to share what they know about body painting. And I a delighted to be painting with them at the US Body Painting Festvial in September. This year we also have a specila effects/FX catagory and will have black lights for fun fluro artworks. We are a Festival of the Arts - the art of Body painting - not an industry convention - we paint, party and share that experience with the public at large.

It just isn't that easy to cut and dry body art. Yes, Airbrush Action rocks and basic airbrush skills do transfer to body art - but painting a tshirt is a bike fender is a model. The paints and paint brands vary, environment plays a huge factor, skin types, and that effects many things including psi level and your brand of airbrush. It is fairly simple --- if you are not looking to make your living at this art. If your are -- I say investing more will reap you more. If you want to play - play.

And Bertrum the US Body Painting Festival is coming really close to you next year - come out and play with us. I promise it will be loads of fun and you'll have new tricks to take to the desert. And you can show us some tricks. The Fetival is a blast.

Sweet Loretta