Paint tips #1

So....graffiti - love it.
The good stuff, that is!

Here's a tip.

In this picture, you can see various brands of paint


Krylon, Montana, Belton to name some well know brands, and they all have their own ways of showing what colour the paint is. The most common way is to have the lid the same colour as the paint (like the Krylon Black). Or more modern tins have a collar on the top - again, the same colour as the paint.

So?........well its OK if you are looking at the tins in daylight. The lids look EXACTLY the same as the paint.
But....if you are painting at night, then things get weird.
The lids change colour due to the orange street lights in our streets, and then it gets hard to figure out what you are painting with, so this is what you do:

1. Get rid of the lids - pretty much a waste of time anyway.
2. keep the caps (or nozzles) seperate - you dont have a lid to protect it anyway, and you want to be using the most appropriate cap for the job anyway (thin (skinny) or wide (fat)).
3. Get out your marker and write on the bottom like this:

That way, even in the dark you know what the colour is that you are using!
NICE!

Now, you just gotta remember to fetch your sketch along with ya (not your black book, coz if you lose that!.....)
Thats pretty much it for this 1st tip.

But remember kids....keep it real...keep it legal!
(my mum would want me to say that....)
Soon...a video for ya! I'll show ya how to mix the paint in style and all Ninja like!
Laters x

ACE (again!!)

Ok...Ok....i know....its another old piece from the black book, but hey....its the old name thing again!


"ACE"

It was written as a panel piece - which means it should fit on a train, or more specifically - a subway car (if you are in New York) or a 'Metro' train - the Newcastle equivalent of the London Tube.

A panel piece fits on the side of a Metro, below the windows and in between the doors. Basically on the panel there, hence the name 'a panel piece'.
More on the way, but for now - life is mental again!
Soon...more on the paint, and more on the Beatbox!
Later