1,000 Ideas for Graffiti and Street Art: Murals, Tags, and More from Artists Around the World (1000 Series)

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To learn more about the graffiti artists, use this Banksy Powerpoint and these Banksy Display Photos.

The first drawings on walls appeared in caves thousands of years ago. Later the Ancient Romans and Greeks wrote their names and protest poems on buildings. Modern graffiti seems to have appeared in Philadelphia in the early 1960s, and by the late sixties it had reached New York. The new art form really took off in the 1970s, when people began writing their names, or ‘tags’, on buildings all over the city. In the mid seventies it was sometimes hard to see out of a subway car window, because the trains were completely covered in spray paintings known as ‘masterpieces’. The best place to start gaining mastery with graffiti is at the beginning, of course. First, you will want to practice simply having suitable hand styles for the varying graffiti styles.These artworks are typically found very high up on buildings that are very difficult to get to, bridges, roofs, etc.

In this KS2 Art video lesson, Chelsey will share facts about Banksy and Keith Haring, before sharing a simple graffiti name art activity. Children will: The font and colours you use in your design will have a big impact. You should also consider where you’re placing them. Ideally, everything should flow together nicely, making a bold statement. However, avoid having too much in the frame, as this can cause visual clutter and take away from the main message of the text. Street Art can often be viewed as a tool for promoting an artist's personal agenda surrounding contemporary social concerns, with city facades acting in the same role as the old fashioned soapbox; a place to extol the artist's opinion on a myriad issues ranging from politics and environmentalism to consumerism and consumption.

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Attention: If you use markers, you should probably use a cutting mat. If you just write on paper, your marker will write through the paper on your desk!