Spray Paint Can Drawing Graffiti

How to Draw a Graffiti Spray Can

Learning to make a graffiti spray can drawing is so much fun and super easy to draw. Like with most of our drawing tutorials, you'll start with a basic shape.

This makes it really easy to develop your design and ideas without needing to worry about the structure of your object.

Once you get the basic drawing down the possibilities are endless. You can add faces to your graffiti spray can drawings. Or you can leave them without.

Look up some reference photos of spray cans if you like having something to look at. Or better yet, find an actual spray can.

Let's get started and look at some supplies that were used to make these drawings.

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Art Supplies

• Paper or cardstock
• Pencil
• Eraser
• Black pen
• Markers
• White Gelly Roll pen

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Why You Should Draw With Shapes

Learning to draw with shapes will save you a lot of time and frustration when learning to draw more complex objects. Drawing with spaces allows you to get the basic structure down first. And then you can build off of that.

For our spray can drawings we are going to begin with a cylinder. This will help us make our drawing 3D.

Next, draw a half sphere on the top of your cylinder. This is where the top part of your spray can will go.

Add an indentation where the nozzle will go.

Then draw another cylinder for the spray nozzle.

Draw a couple of rings at the top and the bottom of your cylinder. Make sure you curve them to match your spray can.

You now have your basic structure that you can work from to draw out your graffiti spray can.

How to Draw a Graffiti Spray Can

So what's the difference between a regular spray can and a graffiti spray can? It's all about the attitude.

The structure is the same but there's a bit more flare with the graffiti cans.

When sketching out your graffiti spray can drawings, you can make them a bit twisted up. Shorter and wider. Or you can make the edges a little less rounded.

Add your own style and don't be afraid to experiment and have fun.

Graffiti Spray Can Drawing With a Face

You can add a mouth or a face to your graffiti spray can. This gives it a little different look and adds a lot more variety to your drawings.

Drawing a mouth with a tongue and teeth is easy if you're not comfortable drawing the entire face.

Or you can go for it and give it a try.

And don't forget to add some details to the background.

Inking Your Graffiti Spray Cans

When you have your drawing all sketched out and you like how it looks, go ahead and go over your lines with a black pen.

This is the perfect time to make your drawing a bit more stylized by adding in some thicker lines.

There are a lot of different types of pens you can use. From really thin to much wider.

Or use a brush pen to get some nice variation to your lines. These take a bit of practice to get used to though. But it's worth it if you have the time and patience.

Let the ink dry for a few minutes before  cleaning up the pencil lines with an eraser.

Now you're ready to add some color to your artwork.

Coloring with Markers

When adding color to any graffiti artwork, markers work really well. The colors you get from the markers compliment a graffiti drawing nicely.

Pick out a color palette before laying in your colors. And be sure to layer more than one color for each section to help create some depth.

We have a full art tutorial on How to Blend Markers.

Improve Your Drawings of Graffiti Spray Cans

I like doing most of my drawings on artist trading cards. Especially if I'm working on my creativity or trying to develop a new style.

You can do several drawings in a reasonable amount of time. And repetition is best for improving your drawings or working through new ideas.

And when you're done you can store them in sleeves or trade them with other artists from around the world.

Graffiti Spray Can Drawing For Beginner Artists

That's it for our drawing tutorial today. Get some artist trading cards or your favorite sketchbook and start practicing your graffiti spray can drawings.

Challenge yourself to do as many different drawings as you can come up with. Try new things and be creative. And make sure you're having fun.

More Lessons Related to Graffiti Spray Cans

• Beginner Graffiti Art
• Stylized Letters
• Blending Markers
• Bic Marker Review
• How to Draw a Cylinder

Roshanda is an art education blogger who is on a mission to coach and encourage as many aspiring artists as possible through the use of her blog. Learn more about her on the About Me page and connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Spray Paint Can Drawing Graffiti

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