| Pin Striping - The Concept | | | | -- Freehand Striping -- This by far, is the most |
| Pin Striping is a Decorative Art, generally | | | | flexible method of decoration. However, it requires |
| employed for styling custom-made automobiles | | | | great skill, mastery on hand movements, and a |
| such as motorbikes, and other vehicles. However, | | | | lot of experience. |
| sometimes, the fines lines in textile prints are also | | | | -- Stencil Tapes -- Relatively inexperienced artists |
| termed alike. Pin Striping, a wing of Western | | | | use a masking tape, carved in the desired style |
| Painting, is a work of experts, who use very thin, | | | | along the edges. This vinyl tape is kept at some |
| almost pen-like brush for creating their designs. Pin | | | | distance from the actual brushstrokes, and is used |
| Striping brush is made from wood, brass fixture, | | | | only as a reference. There are various types of |
| and squirrel hair bristles. The handle of the brush is | | | | Stencil Tapes to suit various requirements. These |
| cylindrical in shape to provide the ease of use and | | | | tapes are laid on the surface and are painted |
| a smooth rotation of the tool, for perfect design. | | | | over, using a pin striping brush. |
| The bristles are given a sword-like shape for | | | | -- Mechanical Striping -- It is used in the case of |
| sleek pattern and they are used for Freehand Pin | | | | large automobiles, like vans, truck, station wagons |
| Striping, which is the toughest method of | | | | etc. In this method, magnetic design strips are |
| designing. | | | | stuck on the surface and are used as design |
| The Details | | | | templates, which are mostly of linear kind. |
| -- Colors -- There is no set rule for Striping, but | | | | The History |
| conventionally two shades are used - one | | | | Pin striping is an old art and dates back to the |
| (primary) that is complimentary to the color of | | | | period of horse-driven carriages, when artists |
| the background (body color), and the other is a | | | | used brushwork for freehand work. Dean Jeffries |
| contrast of the first. The second color is used as | | | | and Kenny Howard were considered the |
| thinner curvilinear drawing, closely following the | | | | originators of the Modern Pen Striping Art in the |
| moves of the first. This helps in bringing out the | | | | 1950s. However, others give credit to Dean |
| effect of the first (primary) color. The medium | | | | Jeffries and Tommy Hrones. No matter how this |
| used is oil paint or other suitable material, termed | | | | art came into being, today it is considered an |
| as Pin Stripe. | | | | avant-garde art and a signature style of |
| -- Types -- Primarily, there are following three | | | | Modernism. |
| types of pin striping procedures: | | | | |