Monday, January 19, 2009

How To Do Stenciled Graffiti

Stencils, which can be used in graffiti, can be found through the centuries, and this artwork is just as prevalent as acrylics, oil painting, and others. Stenciling can be made from simply a pair of scissors and a cardboard or plastic sheet.

Stenciled graffiti has been getting popular. This form is derivatives of typical spray-paint graffiti and is used to make tagging easier. The idea is to have a stencil and spray over the stencil, leaving a clean mark on the surface.

You can really become creative with this type of graffiti. For a basic form, all you need to do is print out or design and cut it open over a piece of paper or cardboard. Then hold up the design to your canvas and spray paint over it. Simple, right?

Now, here’s where you can have some fun. You can do print screens! Take your design that you wish to paint. You can run it through a computer program and isolate each color. You then print out each design in a layered format, with each color being predominant on each sheet. I would start with two or three different colors.

When you are ready to make your mark, you hold up one of the stencils, and spray it with the first color. This is usually a dark color like black. Then you place the next stencil on top of the picture and spray it the next color. Continue on with the next sheets until your picture is finished.

The effects are nice; you can create a clean and impressive picture with relatively no artistic talent whatsoever. Others may scoff at your work, but point out that it takes talent to create the stencils and to make the silk screen process work correctly.

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