Saturday was graffiti sketching day. I went to Linda's aka B-Girl Super Flinda's place to prepare for our graffiti session. We checked a couple of graffiti books for inspiration and then we got down to bidniz. Our private drawing/coloring club was fun and we sketched for a couple of hours. We also listened to some funky beats and watched b-boying videos while sketching, just to get a feel for that real Hip Hop Culture!
So on Sunday we went to the graffiti wall and painted for 4 hours. Here's a photo compilation of my day as a Graffiti Writer.
My final sketch, PTS as in Pats!
Time to get to work!
We painted at a legal graffiti wall in Kalasatama.
First you apply a base of thick paint that covers up the old graffiti..
.. then you sketch your letters and start filling them up! You can see some of my sketching with the caramel color in the pic. I filled the orange first, and then added the blue parts
After the fill colors are done you add the background color and finally the outlines. It was really windy today, so it was difficult to paint a good looking line, the paint flew all over the place!
You finish the piece with details and highlights! You can either go for the flashy, over the top, IN-YOUR-FACE highlights like mine on the left, or you can go for the subtle and elegant bling like Linda on the right.
Addin some detail. "30 Days Challenge" wooop woop!
Sketch and final piece comparison.. CLOSE ENOUGH!
PTS
QSC
Graffiti writing like any other art form requires a lot of practice to become good at. This is one of the amazing pieces we saw at the graffiti wall. "Free pussy riot!!"
Wolverine
Black Mannerheim, LOL!
What a great experience! Thank you so much Linda :)
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