How to Do These Things

You have seen graffiti many time’s on the side of buildings on trains and in other undesirable places. But there are some places that have graffiti but it done so artistically that it is more considered art than an eyesore. Graffiti looks to be a new art form. We can offer some basic ideas on how to get started.

You have to provide the artistic side but we can help with some inside information. You should know what style of graffiti that you want to draw. There are 2 different styles of graffiti; there is the city style and the urban style. If you don’t really have a specific style in mind, you can check the Internet and type on Styles of Graffiti into the search box and you can see some pretty amazing things.

It is possible to practice graffiti on paper before putting on a wall. Choose a word for example, choose style, block or bubble writing and draw out your concept. It may take a few tries to get it looking the way you want to. If you are really artistic then you can create your own signature style of graffiti.

Choose bright and a vibrant color, a lot of graffiti is black and white. But the more colorful the picture the more notice you will get. There really is a lot of doing graffiti, not only do you choose your colors, the style and the writing style but there are the lines used in the pictures, are you doing to use thick lines or thin lines, are you going to box your graffiti or bubble it.

If you didn’t know much about it you would not think that there is this much work that goes into graffiti. There is a whole entire art form that came from vandalism on the sides of buildings. If you ever see some graffiti, stop to really take a look at it. The kids who do this style of artwork are very talented; they just don’t know what to do with it. Sometimes you will see symbolism in the artwork; you will see memorials to friends and loved ones who died.

These are kids that should in art classes and really learn how to tap into their skills and make a career from their artwork. Not many people are taking advantage of the new art form. Just like an artist, practice makes perfect. Rather than practice on a building, you should go to Home Depot and buy a slab of wood and practice there.