In April I was given a new Badger airbrush by my lovely wife. I knew exactly Jack Shit about airbrushing, but thought that it would be cool to learn. Luckliy I had several weeks of high-school art instruction under my belt. Uh, ya.
I bought three books -
1) Ultimate Airbrush Handbook - Pamela Shanteau
2) Airbrush: The Complete Studio Handbook - Radu Vero
3) Jay Wiseman's Erotic Bondage Handbook
Um, never mind the third book.
Radu Vero's book is the one to buy. It will tell you everything you need to know about airbrushing and provide you with excerises so you can teach yourself. The other airbrush book was interesting , but ultimately useless.
I took a four-night class in Intro to Airbrush at the local College. It was worthwhile.
With the exception of a craft store in Reno that I stumbled into, I haven't found any stores with a decent selection of airbrush paint and accessories.
http://www.misterart.com looks alike a cool place to buy, but I haven't tried yet.
http://www.airbrush.com is a pretty cool place to lurk. I asked a couple of basic questions on the forum, and the people were really nice about answering.
One piece of advice - ventillation. Dust masks don't help. Open your garage door and windows before you paint. The brush puts very very tiny drops of paint into the air. They get stuck in your lungs easily.
My garage cabinets -
