I finally manned up and laid some stripes on an actual car. I've been practicing for a few weeks on plates and old parts but never a car. At least it's just the bare cowl of my A....I was pretty happy with it but the cold weather definitely made it harder. I've got some more I want to add to it but I'm going to wait for a warmer day.
Thanks. Figured I've got to strip the car later for paint so might as well practice before I paint the thing right?
Looks like youre doing good, but one of the greatest skills of pinstriping is knowing when to put away the brush and call it "good"
Thats a good point...I kept looking at it saying "that's probably enough" and ended up getting bigger and less proportionate and much worse but that's the great thing about the bare metal and thinner
Great start but the use of Process Blue with Chrome Yellow is a little to much contrast for me. Pinstriping can either be used to accent the lines of a car or it can be the focal point of the car. The problem is when you go overboard doing it people tend to only look at the pinstriping and not the car. Jimbo
It looks like a nice practice palette and you can always wipe it off with solvent and give it another try if you don't like it. I practice on pizza boxes and plexiglass mostly. Doing it on a real car surface... I'm not ready yet. Might have to hit the local body shop for an old fender to play with. Bob
The cowl has been an awesome practice piece, good point on the color contrast it's unfortunately the only colors of One Shot in town, I did find that the oil based rustoleoum in the small cans actually works pretty well if thinned right. Thanks for the input though guys. I'm loving it, I don't think I've put my brushes down in the last couple weeks!
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