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What is an airbrush, and how does an airbrush actually work? |
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 An airbrush is a small metal or plastic pen-shaped tool that sprays fluids in a controlled and precise manner. Pressurized air from a compressor, pressurized tank or propellant can is forced through the airbrush, causing a vacuum which draws the paint into the air stream. The air and paint are then mixed, atomized and then sprayed onto the working surface. The list of things that can be sprayed is extensive but here are just a few. Gouache, Oil, Watercolour, acrylic, fingernail paints, fabric dyes, emulsion, cellulose, polyurethane, cake colouring, varnish, lacquers, stains and primers. The first airbrush was patented in 1876 by Francis Edgar Stanley of Newton, Massachusetts USA.
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