How to Custom Paint Your Motorcycle (Motorbooks Workshop)
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (982 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0760320330 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
JoAnn Bortles is the founder and proprietor of Crazy Horse painting and has had her custom bike paint jobs featured on the covers of leading motorcycle magazines across the world. Sport bike custom paint techniques are also included.. In this book, she shares the techniques and tips for the beginner or more advanced custom painter. Detailed, step-by-step, full-color instructions show how to do a variety of custom projects, from standard to evil skull flames, pinups, and pinstriping to a number of finish techniques as well
She has won Best Paint of the Year four times since 2004, and has been featured on The Today Show and PowerBlock's MuscleCar TV show. JoAnn Bortles is a nationally recognized and award-winning custom painter. Her work has been featured in dozens of magazines, and she has written six books on c
About the AuthorJoAnn Bortles is a nationally recognized and award-winning custom painter. She has won Best Paint of the Year four times since 2004, and has been featured on The Today Show and PowerBlock's MuscleCar TV show. Her work has been featured in dozens of magazines, and she has written six books on custom painting techniques for Motorbooks, including the bestselling How to Master Airbrush Painting Techniques. Find her shop on Facebook: on.fb/Z6KFf9On or Twitter: @CrazyHorseFlame. She lives and works in Waxhaw
"Not quite what I thought" according to NYN8TV. Although I found it interesting, expecially her lifes' story in the beginning, the book wasn't exactly what I thought it would be about. In the beginning and for the 1st few chapters, it seemed to be more about how she, the author, custom paints motorcycles more so than you "learning" how to custom paint motorcycles, albeit in a book. The photos were great and the occassional hints she adds throughout the book made it for pretty good reading and informative, nonetheless.. Nita Santos said Best airbrush book I've read. I picked up the book over the weekend, as well, and it is really good. Some of the best photos, really showing the details that you only see when you are actually trying to do this stuff. Too many books will show you a few 'in-progress' shots, and the end results, without giving you all of the in between details that make all the difference in understanding how it is really done. Joann explains that she was trying to include things that other books on the subject really don't cover, and I for one . Great book for airbrushing I really love your "down to earth approach" and attention to "small detail" which really helps to fill in the voids for me. Other airbrush books tend to have big steps that seem to skip alot of the process, where this book, goes over each step in great detail that makes it easy to follow along. I like the way she really explains how to mix the colors and the tools she uses. I have just started painting and doing airbrush work last year. The info in this book meets me at where I am in addition to e