Starting now.... Learning how to make stripes..

Hi all! I am real beginner in the art of pinstriping and I want to learn how to paint pinstripes. First I went to Wizzzzard's course to learn basics. The course last only two days, but I have finnish master of art, Pekka Mannermaa's extremely good book, which I read at the same time as I try to learn basics.

Someone could wonder why I choose english for my blog, but I try to train my english as well as pinstriping. Pinstriping is very challenging and fun. At the beginning I start learning how to clean my brushes.(It is quite expensive if one can not clean his brushes, I have try it hard way too...)

Here are my brushes. In the middle of picture are those ones which i have start using last weekend at pinstriping course, Turku.(Actually i bought them from there.)

Before I start, I wash mineral oil from brush with turpentine.

I start training with One-Shot yellow... I also tried other paint , but this is better for training.

When open containers, thinners are top, pigments and other heavier parts of paint are bottom.  Stir well before use!

It takes few minutes to get paint stirred well. It is better to do this carefully...

Apply paint carefully to brush. After I have washed brush with turpentine, I dry brush before loading paint.

First almost good line... after many, many tryouts... I realize that I need to start training only straight lines first, no too difficult at beginning...... Damnt!!

How so simple shape can be so difficult?? Not even close symmetric....

Okay, I give up and start training scrolls, which are easier to me... but they are also so far what I think to do...

This is what I think I need to do next and plenty... just training....

When i finished training, I washed brushes with turpentine and put oil to them last....

Not so bad I waiting for... Seems that my fingers are not so sensitive yet... That first session on my own was little frusfrating, but I wait for next one. The book is good help for, but this need really much training...