As long as your enjoying yourself I wouldn't worry too much about it,
Its a good idea to keep a hairdryer handy (or heat gun) to help dry liquid mask and paint between coats.
I usually lay down the liquid mask in 3-4 coats hairdrying in between and then leave to dry over night to make sure.
When painting I just lay the paint in thin coats, hairdry in between and then keep going.
This procedure works really well for me and hopefully might help you a bit.
Keep up the practice and you'll be flying in no time, post a few pics up of any scrap work you do and we'll be able to see how your getting on and offer any tips as appropriate.
youtube is a really good start for looking at how to's and i really like the airbrush tricks tutorials by Tony D.
good luck
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