How To Draw Graffiti

Ok, I’m not got going to encourage you to draw graffiti in non authorised public places, at the end of the day that is illegal, so that decision is entirely yours! Ideally, stick to painting in places where you have permission to do so.

Graffiti is art end of! It’s an art that allows you to express yourself. Many people think graffiti is vandalism, but they just don’t take the time to actually look at the skill involved in producing it!

So you want to know how to draw graffiti, or how to improve your existing skills? There are no real hard and fast rules. But here are a few pointers: 1. Graffiti letters usually overlap each other to some degree 2. Graffiti letters are drawn in a 3D effect 3. Graffiti art is usually painted with a wide range of bright colours that draw attention, as attracting attention is the main purpose of graffiti It’s best to start learning and practising your graffiti drawing skills on a small scale, and then once you’ve mastered the techniques, think about transferring your work on to a larger canvas, such as a wall. To get started on a small scale you need a pencil to sketch out the letters, something like a standard HB lead will suffice.

There are a bunch of sites online where you can go to get some graffiti font ideas, some of these sites allow you to enter some text and create images of the text in different sample fonts. I’ve included some links to some graffiti sites below for you to take a look at and get some font ideas. Simply print off the font examples you like and use them to copy from. Once you’re happy with the letters and text you’ve drawn, start to colour them in with some permanent markers. Choose bright colours for maximum effect. Firstly, use a fine marker to trace round the letter outlines. Next, to get the 3D or embossed effect, use a different colour to shade the area around the inside of the letters you’ve just outlined.

The third step, once you’ve completed the shading effect, is to colour in the remainder of the letters with another brightly coloured marker. Finally add a drop shadow for maximum effect to your graffiti by colouring in a light coloured shadow below the characters. Having now mastered the basics of how to draw graffiti letters and words on a small scale, it’s time to scale up the size of your graffiti artwork.

If you’ve chosen a wall to paint your graffiti on, mark out a rectangle on the wall in proportion to your small scale drawing. Chalk, charcoal or thin white paint are ideal for this exercise, basically use something that can be painted over easily. Then section the rectangle in to a grid of smaller squares (draw a similar grid over your small scale artwork as well). The two grids will help you scale up your drawing to the larger size on the wall whilst keeping the proportions the same. Next use the chalk or charcoal to sketch out the outlines of the letters. Once you’ve sketched the outlines on to your grid, colour in the background of your work with diluted paint using an aerosol or roller, a white or cream colour work best. Keep your background layer thin! When the background has dried, use aerosol cans to paint the different colours of your text. Start with the lightest colours first, and the largest areas, leaving the detail until last.

You can use fine brushes to define the lines around your text to give your painting an edge. Finally if you’ve created your artwork outside, you can protect it against the elements with a thing layer of varnish. By following the steps above, you should be able to paint some stunning graffiti letters and artwork! So there you have it, how to graffiti!

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