CLASS CHANGES/ADDITIONS:

Kustom Paint Lab: Armando Serrano is back with his 0ld school kandy effects, ground metal painting, vinyl masking integration, and other very cool tricks and tips.
Power Portraits/Javier Soto: The Rhianna painting from the DVD will be on display, and the class project to be painted is being held under tight wraps.
Pinstriping Mastery/Jeff Styles: Patina lettering will be introduced to Styles’s program.
Murals on Steel/Jonathan Pantaleon: NEW curriculum! For more info, stay tuned to Pantaleon’s Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/jonathanpantaleon.artistry 
Achieving Photorealism: Dru Blair and Melanie Alexander are back after missing the Orlando Getaway in May!
Killer Skulls/Eddie Davis: Greater focus on anatomy, realistic fire demo with water-based paints, and how to make custom stencils.
Airbrush Mastery/T-Shirt Airbrushing/Gary Worthington: New money-making designs for next season!

NEW PRODUCTS:
The NEW Artograph LED 300 will be on sale at a special discount for Getaway attendees.

Createx’s Illustration paint, developed with Dru Blair!
Amazing new products from R Tape
Artool: Killer Grunge F/X , Blasted F/X by Ryno, Aztek stencils by Gerald Mendez, “H” template by Craig Fraser

Iwata-Medea: M Series Single-Action Gravity-Feed Mini Airbrushes

DEMOS:

R Tape demos with Jim Hingst, include heat transfer films for T-shirts and performance garments: Polyurethane films (stretchable) for plotter cutting and digital printing, Flock films for plotter cutting and printing for T-shirt applications, ProGrade Vinyl Paint Mask, application tapes, and the much anticipated metalized vinyl effects films that can produce holographic-type results.

Events:
Canadian Thansgiving dinner, Sponsored by Airbrush Action. Tuesday, October 9. Call 732-223-7878 for details!

Most of you probably don’t know that I started as a T-shirt airbrusher in the early 1980s, well before I launched Airbrush Action magazine.  Originally, I screenprinted shirts, and then graduated to iron-ons at flea markets and fairs.  Next, I incorporated airbrushing, and the rest is cliche.  I was extremely hard-working.  I’d be ready to spray at 7:30a or 8a and work until I sold that last shirt which, at the New York street feasts, could be 2am! In retrospect, it was a grind, but I had the drive, stamina, and enthusiasm to work endless hours; whatever it took.  I was a bull. The money was fabulous; all cash.  Regarding my intense work ethic, I owe much to my father, and working as a busboy in kosher hotels during many teen summers.  Barring some debilitating disease or coma, very little could prevent my father from getting out of bed every day.  It was amazing, and it definitely helped shape me into the tenacious kid and adult I became.  Another significant influence, albeit a negative memory for me, was the busboy gig.  From ages 14 to 18 or 19 I worked summers at the Lido Beach Hotel, Lido Beach, Long Island.  It was six days a week, serving three meals a day, with very little free time.  It was grueling, and to a great degree unfair to force a young kid to do; yes, Dad forced me.  I stuck it out, and later realized that practically any other job or schedule was easy after this stint.  My Dad always promised he’d set me up with something different the following summer, but it never panned out, so ultimately, I took the bull by the horns, followed my entrepreneurial spirit, and started my T-shirt business.  I used the knowledge I gained to start Airbrush Action magazine, and to this day, at the Airbrush Getaways, I’ll always play with an airbrush to gauge my rustiness, and to enthusiastically work with beginning students.  My polish and certain skills may be gone, but I can still perform any lick of the airbrush and have a student achieve a pretty good dagger stroke in five minutes or less.

Terry Hill, one the most recognized names in the airbrush industry,  has mentored many artists who have gone on to build airbrushing careers for themselves.  Head instructor of the Airbrush Getaway’s Ultimate Airbrush F/X class, Hill advises, “If you can, attend an Airbrush Getaway or any other airbrush workshop.  These can be rich resources, but even if you get nothing more out of it than learning control of the airbrush, it’s worth it. Without control, you’ll never produce beautiful art.  Specifically, practice the dagger stroke.”

Hill added, “Always stay humble.  Always help those on the way up.  Someday they might be helping you.  Remember that new trends often come from people who differ from the old guard.  As a professional, you are the old guard, so listen to the young people coming up behind you.”

Craig Kennedy and Dennis DeLorenzo are the dynamic duo of paint manufacturers.  Owners of the Createx, Wicked and Auto Air Colors brands, these guys truly get that the readers of Airbrush Action are their core market, and they’re aggressive in continually improving their products and customer satisfaction.  Wicked has become the gold standard for T-shirt airbrushing, and many other applications, and Auto-Air Colors is the brilliant alternative in automotive custom painting.  They sponsor the Airbrush Getaway program in large part to keep their pulse on the market and to best understand the needs of artists. Createx is truly a great company, and Craig and Dennis deserve many kudos for their dedication in making your airbrush experience as good as it can be.