Welcome back to Painter’s Forum. Today’s tutorial, is how to paint your own Skateboard deck. This is such a fun little exercise using the airbrush and masking tape to create your very own designs on your blank decks. So grab your airbrush and paint along with me! Let’s get started.
Step 1: The first step is to cover your painting area, completely with masking paper. This is a self adhesive paper that car painters use on their graphics. This will allow you to safely cut out your design and mask off the rest and protect it from any unwanted overspray.
Step 2: Now, using some transfer paper, I trace or draw out my design onto the deck itself. You do not need to press very hard to transfer the art onto the wood. Try to be very thorough when drawing your design, as you want as much information as you can.
Step 3: Now comes the stenciling part and the cutting of your positive and negative areas, such as the individual pineapple leaves and the outline of the pineapple. Be careful when cutting your stencil as you do not want to cut through to the wood. Test out how much pressure to apply your cuts on a small area first to gauge this technique. Here I am cutting out every little leaf in preparation for airbrushing each leaf one at a time.
So there you have it! A custom painted Skateboard deck. It’s so very fun as you can make your own designs, logos and art…..hell…you can your own Pro-model Skateboard! I hope you have enjoyed this little how-to and I thank you for tuning in today! Keep painting and don’t forget to leave me your thoughts and comments below.
Artist’s tool box:
Airbrush: ABD KIT-G43
Airbrush paints: USA AB-KIT-12
Masking Film: KUS STMF1230
Transfer Paper: USA GTP18X24-10
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