Graffiti is the act of defacing property that does not belong to you. It can be a wall, building, bridge, billboard, train car, or vehicle. Graffiti differs from vandalism. Both are the destruction of others property, but graffiti generally includes painting or defacing the object with words, pictures, or symbols. Often, graffiti includes gang signs and writings. The term graffiti comes from the Latin word, graphium, which means to write.
Graffiti artists often have a great time creating their work, but there is no fun in having to clean it up. For graffiti in the community, many have chosen to use non-violent criminals to clean it up or those assigned to community service. The graffiti is cleaned up using sandblasters, pressure washers, air compressors, new paint, and old fashioned scrubbing.
Graffiti art is expressive painting with a personal touch or signature, called a tag. Graffiti art emerged in the 1970’s in the subways of New York City. It is generally a deliberate inscription on someone else’s property. Such property includes buildings, bridges, billboards, vehicles, and train cars.
There are two kinds of graffiti paint: one that is used to make graffiti and one that is used to make cleaning up graffiti easier. Montana brand graffiti paint is designed to flow at any angle for easier designs. It comes in a variety of colors. It is designed for legitimate types of graffiti such as painting walls and murals. It becomes a legal problem when such a product is used on property that belongs to someone else.
Graffiti stencils??? Seems to me that if you are going to take the time to do it, shouldn’t you be able to do it without a drawing aid? Ironically such stencils are a popular item purchased in today’s market. However, they are marketed as an art tool rather than a defacing tool. There is even a tutorial video available online at no cost, showing you exactly how the process works.