Street Art Workshop

Sixth form Art students spent a full day with Karim Samuels from Street Art London.

 The day began with an illustrated talk followed by practical workshop in the use of stencils.

Students started the process by using photo shop to convert a chosen image to a black and white outline. Choosing a suitable image that would work as a cut stencil was key to the success of the final artwork.
The cutting of each stencil needed accuracy and concentration before finally getting to the more fun spray painting part of the process. 

This was done outside with specialised spay paints which are made from sugar gum. The colours Karim had selected for the students to use were bright and tactile. Discussion's of how to create eye catching combinations helped students to make decisions and create funky bold images on a variety of surfaces. They used canvas, corrugated card board and coloured paper to work on and also painted their own backgrounds as the stencilled images were used to create multiple layers and textures.

The students were reluctant to stop working and many spent extra time working at lunch. It definitely got their creative juices flowing and the teaching, guidance and working knowledge of Karim left the students truly inspired.

Street Art London provide facinating walking tours of Graffiti in London. Click here to go to their website.