Airbrush Training at the Blair School of Art

If you are into fine art airbrushing the Blair School of Art is bar-none the ONLY place to go! Dru Blair is one of the worlds BEST photo realism painters and is the greatest instructor EVER!

If you want to skip my commentary go ahead and check out his website for yourself:

Blair School of Art

My Comments

Right up front ... I have not personally been to the Blair School of Art but I have taken a airbrush training from Dru Blair at an Airbrush Action Getaway - and it was STELLAR!!

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Here is how this airbrush training works - it's so brilliant.

At the Blair School of Art the idea is all about Airbrush Immersion. This school is located in the middle of nowhere in the woods of South Carolina. Students stay at the school in cottage suites and are fed on "campus". For four (4) SOLID days you will eat, breath, sleep, talk, dream, and do airbrush and nothing but airbrush. And when I say SOLID I mean it - Dru is a machine and his classes run into the wee hours of the morning.

The campus is set up like no other. There are color corrected lights, multiple TV screens, and all the equipment and paint is provided. Dru only accepts a handful of students at a time so that he can be sure to attend to each one individually.

Now, I am projecting a lot of my experience from the Airbrush Action Getaway class that I took with Dru Blair on to this training that takes place at his Blair School of Art - but I can only imagine it being 10 times better. And that is really %#$#^'ing saying something.

Dru is SUCH an amazing teacher. Words cannot really describe it.

His lesson plans are so well thought out. The materials are all so organized. And Dru and his AMAZING staff are so helpful and fun. When I left the class at the Airbrush Action Getaway there were hugs and tears as we parted - truly sweet talented people.

As an added bonus Dru is now offering his students to "stay awhile" after the classes end. After the four day classes, for the price of room and board, you can stay and work side by side with "the master" on what ever project you wish. Isn't that AWESOME!?!

This is definitely on my MUST do list. All the classes and the extended stays.

As with all good things in life - this is expensive. $500 for the classes and then room and board on top of that. But like I said - if I had the money I'd gladly pay it.

Side Note: When I was in Vegas with Dru I went for dinner with him and his staff one night and I asked him why he did this - the classes that is - considering he makes plenty of revenue from his printed works of art. He simply said that being an artist can be lonely - sitting in the studio all day by oneself is dull - so he teaches the classes so that he can meet and get to know other artists. Isn't that sweet.

Please go check out his website and see for yourself the amazing work that he does and this amazing facility he created to cater to us airbrush freaks.

AND ... if you do go based on my recommendation please tell Dru, Mel and Auggie "HI" for me.