Street Art

All graffiti is street art, but not all street art is graffiti. It's one of those things that can be expressed better with a Venn diagram.
   Street art is usually done with paint, or in the form of sculpted forms, other types include manipulation of common things that are already on a certain street. Street art is used to more effectively use public space. If a wall is empty then why not fill it up with art that everyone can enjoy.
   Many cities around the world are taking on an initiative on order to promote public art. Cities like Madrid and London are trailblazing this movement in order to promote their cities with cheap tourist attractions and things that their citizens can enjoy for free.
  The United States however falls behind when it comes to these things, besides a few murals here and there, not much initiative have been given to this movement.
  It provides a nice cultural feel to any city and creates jobs for artists. It is highly beneficial to any public space. Many artists such as Banksy take street art and make a name from it.

Graffiti

My opinions on graffiti are really varied. From a teenager's point of view its pretty much one of the things that are 'wicked cool' and is just a part of youth culture and street culture. As someone who is trying to understand art it is an expression of name and a noble experimentation of linework and color. Okay, maybe not completely noble, but it proves commitment to the set, and that's something to at least consider.
Whoever says that all graffiti is the work of gangs is wrong to an extent. People who say it's all drug related as well. Culture has changed that in the past decades and now people who paint graffiti and are known for it aren't known as criminals. That is, besides the obvious trespassing and vandalism charges that come naturally if course. One thing that it does do is turn heads, it's a form of art that commits itself to being noticed.

With A Palette Knife

I've been painting a lot recently. And of all the brushes and tools and instruments that are used the palette knife happens to catch my interest the most at the moment. It's a metal thingy thing. It provides nice angles where you can just layer paint on and scrape and you can pretty much take paint off or just throw globs on with it. Van Gogh used palette knives a lot in order to layer his colors as well as to scrape some layers off. It's a fantastic tool, it really is. It adds a whole new vocabulary to the way you go about on working on a painting. It seems silly because when you think of painting you think of brushes not little metal bits, but it's honestly legit and is really quite rad.

Imaginary Foundation

the Imaginary Foundation is a clothing company based out of San Francisco. I'm not making this post to convince you to buy some trendy threads. But as far as trendy graphic t-shirts go this company takes first prize. This company is a collective of artists, a think tank of sorts. They make clothing and art prints in order to spread their message.
Their message happens to be what I'm talking about. Maybe its just a marketing façade but it makes a lot of sense to me. The Imaginary Foundation sells their product with the pretence that they are here to blur the lines of science and art. That everything fan be explained but also appreciated. They want to bring wonder back to our busy lives. I don't know about you, but that message means more then any $30 cotton blend t shirt.