Guerilla art project: My Banksy painting

Even though I was meant to have finished my guerilla art project a while back lats week I was painting a brick wall and a Banksy rat this morning at my art group.
I only thought of it very quickly and when I showed a friend of mine the picture she asked where it was because she thought it was an actual brick wall with a Banksy rat on it....lol
Anyway, this is the finished product...

 

Excuse the fact it's on its side. I'll get round to swivelling that round later but for now, I'd love to hear some feed back off you all. I'm getting it framed as well so it would look lovely when that's done. Please tell me if I could improve it in any way :)

Medium: Watercolour on cartridge

Colours used: Burnt umber, Payne's grey, ultra marine, lemon yellow, raw sienna, crimson red.

 Thanks all,

Helen xx

Getting involved with guerilla art #3

Moss painting

Here's a step by step guide to creating street art with moss:

You will need: 12oz buttermilk

                      Several clumps garden moss (look under wet shady places to find moss)

                      Plastic container with lid

                      Blender or food processer

                      Paintbrush

1. Gatherthe moss and pop into the blender, crumbling them slightly
2. Add buttermilk and blend until smooth and creamy. Pour mixture into plastic container.
3. Find a damp shady wall in which you can paint on your moss mixture. Paint on design using stencil or freehand.
4.  Return to the area you applied the moss mixture to ensure the mixture is kept moist.

Results: The bits of blended moss will have grown into a rooted plant before colonizing the whole area. What's not to love? (Apart from moss mush everywhere)

Some examples:

Helen xx

Getting involved with guerilla art #2

Making your mark with quotes

I decided to take a leaf out of my Guerilla Art Kit and try using quotes for making inspirational street art around my neighbourhood. I've used the following quotes and turned them into kind of a piece of art.

This one says "start your own revolution, infiltrate the masses" which is from a random quote off google that I liked. I might stick it on a mailbox or a wall again so people can have a good look at it.

This quote is from Ghandi and says "you must be the change you wish to see in the world". It's quite thought provoking and Banksy has done similar pieces involving the theme of world change. Some ideas for you to try could include chalking quotes on pavements; brick and concrete walls and anywhere else where you can chalk on. You could even try doing moss painting quotes (see post 3 which I'll be putting up soon) using stencils.
What have you been up to this week? Got any street art ideas you'd like to share with us? Leave a comment and have fun!
Helen xx

Book review: The Guerilla Art Kit

Keri Smith is the author of many mind-opening books including Wreck This Journal and This is Not a Book, and I've enjoyed all three so far. Please check out her website here for her blog.
The Guerilla Art Kit teaches you the legal ways to making good street art without spray paint and includes unique ways such as gardening in cracks of pavements, hanging origami from trees, putting googly eyes on mailboxes and even a portable idea dispenser which I'm currently trying out.
Keri gives you her insight and opinions of some of the street art she carries out and she also gives you challenges at the end of the book like, "Document the passing of time" and "Transform garbage", giving you a chance to use your imagination to the fullest and make the most out of this book.
Have you read this book yet? Leave your comments below!
Helen xx

Introducing...Fat Cat!

Inspired by a special someone, I created a little fat cat cartoon named Fat Cat (imaginative..).

 Can you see the resemblance? :)

Any ideas for what I should do with Fat Cat? Leave comments below!
Helen xx

Finally finished my tiger drawing!

I'm dead chuffed with how my tiger drawing has come together. It took about a week to do and as I was browsing images for a good cat picture to draw from I ended up drawing this lovely looking tiger here instead. I only used three pencils - F, B and 2H. Compared to how it was starting off it wasn't going too well until I started blending a little more. Leave your comments or reviews on it below and thanks again!
Helen xx