T0488 - Graffiti Verite 4 Basic Techniques for Creating Graffiti

EXAMINES THE FOLLOWING AREAS

o Sketching your piece (Black book)
o Considering your Surface Undercoating
o Buffing your wall: "Clearing the page"
o Conceptualizing your project
o Technical Design Considerations
o Artistic Influences
o Gestural, Internal & Conceptual Energy flow of letters
o Graffiti Art Vocabulary & Definitions
o Spray Can Tips & Nozzles
o Can Control Techniques
o Understanding the Aerosol Characteristics of Spray Paint
o Performance Art Considerations
o Pre Sketching on wall
o Fill-ins
o Secondary Fill-ins
o Third Color Fill-ins
o Border Color Fills
o Shading Techniques
o Fading Techniques
o Blending Techniques
o Cutting Techniques
o Layering Spray Paint colors
o Defining and planning out Directional Light Sources issues
o Working your Midtone Fills, Highlights, Details and Shadows
o Outlining
o 3D Techniques
o Detail Work with Spray Can
o Clean-up of Primary Outlines
o Shaping up of Letters
o Correcting Production Errors: Taking care of Over-Spraying
o Development of Characters and Iconography
o Review of the entire Production
o CANVAS PROJECT
o Prepping your Canvas
o Photo Realism Techniques
o Getting the Proportions Right
o Detail Work with Spray Can
o Creating the third color from 2 colors
o Shading
o How to correct Over spraying?
o Pacing Yourself
o Can Control