Saw this piece of street art, dedicated to the keyboard on another site. It’s in Russia.

A quick reminder for those who may have forgotten or those who have only joined us recently – we still have remaining stock of our charity t-shirts! 100% of the profits are going straight to Cancer Research so please support the cause!

The two t-shirt designs we produced were the most popular of all the designs – the winners were inkJoy and FAKE.

For a reminder of the competition and the entries check this page out.

To enter the shop and buy the shirts click here.

Here’s a fantastic video of an interview with the legendary Shepard Fairey who was responsible for the iconic image of Barack Obama.

Via Wooster.

Gemma Compton, a British artist, just loves birds and nature. Her work is filled with inspiration drawing of natural life. She’s a hugely talented artist with massive ability at drawing birds. Gemma mainly paste ups black and white posters on the street which look like they have been stenciled. Her work is phenomenal and that’s why we’ve selected her flickr for FOTW #23.

Live painting events are always great, but with the added twist of a live painting battle you have Secret Wars.

I first discovered secret wars when london based ‘Monorex’ came to manchester to battle against Manchesters finest scrawlers ‘Sketch City’.

The Rules

- 90 MINS ON THE CLOCK
- BLACK PAINT ONLY – ON WHITE WALLS!
- NO SKETCHES / NO PENCILS
- INVISIBLE MIDDLE LINE WITH AN ARTIST EITHER SIDE

JUDGED USING A 3 POINT SYSTEM – 2 GUEST JUDGES AND A CROWD VOTE
(USING A DECIBEL READER)

needless to say, the london boys went home with their tail between their legs

QUESTION FROM FORMAT MAGAZINE:
How did the idea of a art battle start to materialize?

SW:
If my memory serves me right – I had just watched Warriors and Fight Club and probably had a couple of beers inside me – I started thinking how could we up the ante at our exhibitions and make it more of a show for the people….A day or so later and a pad filled with ideas, Secret Wars was born. Obviously the title was inspired by the Marvel comic – where many characters were summoned to a planet in a duel to the death. The rest is history…

Photos from Sketch City vs Monorex

Go to http://www.secretwars.co.uk/ to find out more info for next events, or to sign up for a battle if you think you got what it takes.

GO BIG OR GO HOME!