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How the Latest Technology helps an Artist to follow the Passion

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Denver is an artist. He was fond of making artistic sketches from childhood and this hobby was becoming his passion as he was growing older. One day he was watching a video in which he saw that there are people who are making different graffiti on walls. He found it very interesting and he decided to do it by himself on the streets. So per plan one day he purchased paint cans from a hardware store and start painting the walls of the street with beautiful creative paintings. But instead of appraisal, he got arrested by the local Police force for making a mess on the walls of the streets. When he tried to defend himself in court he got to know that Graffiti is illegal in his country. This was a huge setback and disappointment for him because art was the love of his life for him. Now instead of creating paintings on paper, Denver wants to paint the walls of streets. Denver did this lots of times and unfortunately every time he got arrested for doing this. However, people of the area liked

History of Sand Art & Types: Evolution of Sand Art

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  Sand Art The sand drawing was first recognized by UNESCO as a ritual tradition and practice, but with time, this art evolved into a sand painting, which involves the coloring of sand to create a colorful drawing on a small and large scale. Sand drawing is produced in the sand, volcanic ash, or clay. It consists of "a continuous meandering line on an imagined grid to produce a graceful, often symmetrical composition of geometric patterns." The artist's implement is a single finger. Sand drawing is divided into three types: related forms of art, Vanuatu, and Pitjantjatjara. In correlated forms of art, sand drawings are associated with the Indian sand mandalas because of the geometry-driven shapes they deliver through the manipulation of sand. The work of making patterns in the sand with a rake is also evocative of the Karesansui practice in traditional Japanese rock gardens and of the large-scale Nazca Lines in Peru. The Vanuatu Cultural Centre has noted that the spirit o

Graffiti : An Ancient Art - Modern Era Graffiti Types

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  Graffiti Graffiti is an art that is written, painted or drawn on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within the public view. The roots of Graffiti meet the ancient Egypt, Greece and even Roman Empire. Basically, it is a type of an art and artists want to show their art work to the public on street walls etc... But in most of the countries this is a controversial art type and there is no permission to do it on walls as it leads violation the rights of property owners and vandalism. Despite of all this still Graffiti is present in the modern era and in this era of modern graffiti have many faces such as Hip hop, folk epigraphy, latrilania, scratchiti, stencil and gang. Lets explain all these types one by one. Hi p hop Graffiti Hip hop is so famous in modern graffiti that it has several subtypes such as tag, throw up, piece and slag.  Tag:   A “tag” is often difficult to read and is applied using one color. The scribble acts as a kind of nickname or persona that is c