Graffiti Sketches

Sketching is an important part of development of a graffiti artist. Even when you are an accomplished writer, you still have to keep sketching to keep ahead and keep the original thoughts flowing. Documenting the history of writing is inevitably subjective. Due to the fact that it is an underground movement and the life span of works can be as brief as days, most of history is limited to word-of-mouth accounts. Recommend books Subway Graffiti: An Aesthetic Study of Graffiti on the Subway System of New York City, 1970-1978. By Jack Stewart and the classic for the newer school, Subway Art by Henry Chalfant and Martha Cooper