How To Pinstripe

Description

Even before Von Dutch and Ed Roth, the ultimate way to personalize your car was to lay wicked lines on top of the paintwork. Pinstripe speaks volumes about both driver and car when done correctly with two necessities: a steady hand and an eye for design. In this book, veteran pinstripe Alan Johnson teaches you everything you need to know to get started, to increase mastery of this art form, or simply to understand how a good design comes about. With a primer on the history and evolution of pin striping, this book launches into a step-by-step guide to the pin striping process - choosing paints, brushes, finding your unique style and technique, preparing surfaces, experimenting with designs both symmetrical and asymmetrical, freehand striping, using grids and patterns. The basics of color theory are expounded, and consideration is given to antique and classic cars, hot rods, motorcycles, and custom cars. For the more advanced pinstripe, there is a tried-and-true advice on apprenticing and working car shows. Illustrated with vivid color photography throughout, "How to Pinstripe" is the perfect source for beginners and veterans alike.

Alan Johnson is a pinstriping master, and has been working on this since he was eleven. He graduated from the Newark College of Fine Indstrial Art in 1968, nd has worked extensivly as and art director in advertising. He now has own Pinstriping business which thrives today, plus his own range of signature brushes with the Mack Brush Company

"Two thumbs up. Great book, well done." - Auto Art Magazine"Is packed with many color images and step-by-step instruction." - IronWorks, "Illustrated with color photography throughout, 'How to Pinstripe' is the perfect source for beginners and experts alike." - TotalKitCar.com "It's the best piece of information that I've read. It's a soft cover, magazine-sized tome and it beats the heck out of the more expensive reading material I've perused." - Airbrush.com "I had no how-to books to instruct me. I needed Alan Johnson's new book, How to Pinstripe. Johnson is a veteran striper who will tell you what you need to know." - Cruzin' Magazine