This Sunday morning, I was feeling a little wobbly. I easily get bored when I run out of fun activities. So today, I literally had whole day to myself without any concrete plans. I wondered how to make it exciting. Just then, a random idea stuck. Lets try doing some graffiti!
My handwriting sucks. I have literally zero drawing and painting skills. The last encounter that I remember with any sort of artsy drawing was in standard 5th, where I scored a respectable 6/10 for drawing a Mango tree, next to a flowing river. I colored the river purple. Yeah I was a rebel since beginning 😀
Back to present. I live in a rented apartment, so naturally I did not have the liberty to go all guns and smudge the interior walls with spray paints. However, what I could do was to use my makeshift whiteboard, which I otherwise use to write code and brainstorm, as a graffiti wall.
Now all that was left was to find an appropriate piece of art that is witty, uplifting and easy for a first timer. I found an interesting sketch of three kids with cute looks, ruffled hair and some mischief brewing in their mind. Just apt!
I used a blue marker to get started. It was a bit difficult in the beginning. I had to edit and erase the initial few curves. But soon I got the hang of it. I stated enjoying it! In less than ten mins I was done sketching the three kids. Here it is below [the left side].
Since I completed the graffiti fairly quickly, I felt a little undeserving. To compensate for it, I found another interesting image from Calvin and Hobbes, where Calvin is having a gala time listening to his boom box. I inserted it into my debutant graffiti art as well.
After finishing, I admired it for a few minutes and indulged myself into some unabashed self appraisal 😀 . I throughly enjoyed the whole experience of trying out a new skill. I promised myself to try a new graffiti every week.
“Skill#28 – A veteran Graffiti artist” soon-to-inserted-in-my-resume.