Wow! What a turn out. The streets were packed with all kinds of people running around. This was our second year of doing the "Wet`on`Wet" pictorials. At one point there were about fifty people around to watch. The "oooo's" and "aaaahhh's" made me feel like a rock star.
I first started doing wet on wet paintings after the 98` PSS Letterhead Meet in San Jose. After going out with the guys for an evening of fun, I found myself so low on cash, and I didn't have enough money to get home. Twelve bucks to my name. What did I do?
I bought three cans of spray paint, and some poster board. I made my way down to pier 39 in San Francisco, and started doing sidewalk art. The paintings went like hot cakes. I made about three hundred dollars in just two hours.
Now in historic downtown Nevada City at their street fair, once again I pulled out those "rattle cans" and did my thing. I thought you guys/gals might wanna` see. I sure had fun!
-------------------- Richard Bustamante Signs in the Pines www.signsinthepines.com Posts: 781 | From: Nevada City, California | Registered: Nov 1998
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"Tagger Art"! I love it. I have seen some awesome work put out by some LA taggers. In fact, there is a couple of books out showcasing "the Art".
Can you show us some close-ups?
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Hey Richard, have you spent the night at the "National Hotel"? Its the oldest continious running hotel west of the Misisippi, and its haunted as well !!
Hey, show us some a that artwork !!
Roger
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Very good performing arts. Like Ron would say "Saucy!"
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Hey Guys/Gals heres just one I've done that haven't sold. During a three hour session I did about 25 prints. Each print or painting takes about five munites to do. During that time I sold about fifteen paintings at twenty dollars each. Some had vinyl lettering to enhance their looks, proclaiming "Summer Nights in Nevada City 2002".
The children are especially fascinated with this type of art. They sit and watch almost in a catatonic state. I gave four or five away to these kids, and you should have seen their faces. One even came back and payed for it and said, "Please take it, I insist."
-------------------- Richard Bustamante Signs in the Pines www.signsinthepines.com Posts: 781 | From: Nevada City, California | Registered: Nov 1998
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This is beautiful, Richard! I can't believe you didn't sell this one... How did you do the moon? Spraypaint it with a mask and then paint the shadows into it? I'd love to watch you doing this. Do you ever handletter on it at all? Is the finish flat? Sorry, too many questions
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Lotti>>>First you'll need some expensive materials Gloss enamel spray cans, about three of them, in various colors; white, black blue, then an old tooth brush, and to top things off, you'll need a plastic lid from an old coffee can, a tuna can, and a lid from a old cooking pot. Oh!, and don't forget; some butcher paper. That should do it.
The moon graphic was done first. I lay down a layer of white paint, then lightly spray black to make it look round, using a shadow technique. While it is still wet, I use the butcher paper, I wad it all up to create a wrinkle pattern then I press it to the wet paint, using it as a blotter That gives the moon pattern. All this is done while the paint is wet. Next, cover the blotted area with the plastic lib, making sure the only part that touches is the outside of the lid.
Now paint the whole background black, and once again, while the black is wet, tear off a piece of butcher so that it looks like a mountain scene, and lay it down on the black paint, and leave it there while you paint the stars using the toothbrush.
To paint the stooting star, turn the white spray can upside down, and lightly press it down on the sky, till a small amount shoots out. Voila! You have a shooting star.
Now pull off the paper, and touch up the mountain scene.
-------------------- Richard Bustamante Signs in the Pines www.signsinthepines.com Posts: 781 | From: Nevada City, California | Registered: Nov 1998
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We just had a summer festival here and there were two guys doing it. One guy had a crowd of 30-40 people standing in awe, the othere guy was just sitting there with nobody around. Both guys did amazing things but that one fella really knew how to work the crowd. I am always amazed at the work you guys do in such a short time.
-------------------- John Thompson JTT Graphics "The big guy with a little sign shop!" Royston/Hartwell Georgia jtt101@hotmail.com Posts: 626 | From: Royston Georgia | Registered: Feb 2002
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Thanks, Richard! I really wanted to know all those details , but figured it was too much to ask you to reveal all your secrets.... Very cool, thanks for sharing.
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