Stencil Graffiti is pretty cool...

Came across this new site, Stencil Revolution just browsing around the internet looking for information on spray paints, caps, etc.  Not being a graffiti artist or street artist myself, I have very little knowledge of how this amazing work is done.  I'd never be directly involved in street art at this point in my life but I remain respectful of the art.

I'm mostly interested in the spray paints to be used work on large canvasses as art pieces.  Its interesting to find the number of companies that sell the materials and tools for these artists, considering the art form for the most part, remains illegal in most areas.  I am amazed at the number of caps, and types of spray paints you can find on the internet, like Montana Colors, Belton Molotow, among the others that you will find mentioned on the article from the site above. 

How does this apply to my Toy addiction?  I'm interested in trying spray paint to see what kind of effects I can get on them, but I know the simple Krylon paint from Home Depot isn't going to do much of a job of getting any nice effects.  In comes my interest in the different caps.  Initially my interest was piqued by the fat cap.

I didn't even know what they were so I looked around and asked.  After checking out Montana Color's website, Ihave since been interested in testing out the different paints and caps.  The two things that interest me the most are the low pressure cans such as Montana Alien, which apparently can give you an almost airbrush controllability in a can.    Along with a needlecap, I believe I might be able to do some interesting things in my art.  :-)  I'll post whatever I discover as I go along.

Another interesting  article you should check out on Stencil Revolution is a tutorial on using stencils for tshirts.  For me, this is of interest because maybe it will be my workaround for getting some tshirts done without the extra  cost of silkscreen equipment!  (still a starving artist here!)

T-shirt printing with stencils - Tutorials - Stencil Revolution