I finally got to use my airbrush for the first time yesterday, and it turned out to be very fun. Difficult, but fun. I only experimented with two colors due to time constraints (I was supposed to be doing chores....), so my squiggly lines and drawings are only red and black. I attempted two horse heads and a random tractor, but other than that I was just making lines and experimenting with air pressure/paint spray. My fiance also played with the brush, so some of the squiggly lines and colors...
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I am so excited!!!! I recently ordered a beginning airbrush kit, so I can begin to learn to airbrush. I just got it in the mail, and I can't wait to get some paint so I can begin experimenting. Here are some pictures of it:

The first one is the airbrush, and the second is the compressor. Now I have lots to learn about airbrushing as well as the internet!! Once I get some paints and start practicing, I'll let you know my progress. I'm sure the first few tries will be interesting!

About Week 4:

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Hello again! I am still stumbling on through my journey; it turns out that Entrecard seems to be a very good deal, and it also turns out that I haven't really been doing much more than that. ; )

I finally figured out how Entrecard works: you "drop" on other people's blogs to get credits, show your support, and discover neat new blogs. You then use these credits received from dropping to purchase ad time on other blogs. A great deal for someone with no advertising money to spend!

I also seem to ...
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I have decided that I must make a goal for every day that I am on this computer trying to make my website known. So, since this is day 1, here is the plan:

• Research promotion ideas for getting my business known on Google.
• Hover in the forums on Etsy.com and look for advertising/promotion suggestions.
• Try to find blogs that deal with a similar subject to my leather and art.
• Begin posting notes about my progress on Facebook and Twitter

Hopefully these will get me started, I will let you know how the...
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I have currently been wondering how so many people get to be business savvy. They seem to be able to put up a website, or a blog, or a store that has to do with just about anything, and pretty soon, boom! They have tons of people interested! I have not quite figured this out yet, let me tell you. I just barely figured out how to get my site indexed on Google, and it sure doesn't rank very highly! Recently I have been lost, confused, and perplexed without a plan.

So here is what I am going to d...
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Well, after painting a mural on a friend's basement wall, I have been informed that I should look into airbrushing (like custom vehicle painting). So I decided to look into it, and I think that this is going to be my next art challenge. I have been experimenting with so many different forms of art that I have not been sure where to concentrate, but I think I might have finally figured it out. Of course, I'll actually have to learn how before I can really decide.

At any rate, airbrushing looks...

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