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Why Are The Black Scrawlings On The Walls Of London As Good As Bleach?

by Tyler T. Professional Digital Marketing Expert
The bleach art and graffiti have been a significant part of the culture of London for decades. This may be a tribute to the reputation of the city as the country's most fashionable and cosmopolitan location. However, this art and graffiti style can also be seen as the pinnacle of modern urbanism, a manifestation of the state of the art in both method and media in those early years before the arrival of the 'trendy' generation.

In fact, graffiti, the tagger's way of describing their graffiti, is still very much alive and well in London. If you search around a little you'll see that there are many more people who use spray paint than there were in the late 1990s. They may not all be registered with the City of London or in the 'crown' of graffiti locations, but they are definitely a part of the UK urban scene.

It should also be mentioned that some of the art and graffiti done on walls, fences, and car parks is less noticeable than some of the 'more flash and style' forms of graffiti that have gained a huge following in recent years. Still, the thing that has made the art and graffiti a serious cultural institution, at least in the eyes of the tourist trade, is the streets. From Tower Bridge and Hyde Park to the Canal and High Holborn, it is hard to imagine London without the distinctive streaks, shapes, and colours of the old fashion blitz black writing. This was a great problem for the graffiti writers of the 'dirty' days.


During the Elizabethan era, it was common practice for the local constables to wash their hands with bleach, especially when picking locks, opening gates, and identifying criminals. Bleach was also used by 'officers' as an 'antiseptic' to help 'eliminate smells', particularly those that were of illicit origin.

Since then, London has grown and developed into the city it is today. There are different kinds of graffiti in the city, but the one type that seems to stand out the most is the bleach graffiti. So, what exactly is bleach graffiti?

Although there is no standard definition for bleach graffiti, the thing that is common amongst all graffiti artists is that it is one of the most difficult to paint. It is most often created using a marker and is more often seen in older buildings, including houses, townhouses, and studios. The main reason for the difficulty of the bleach graffiti is the fast drying time of the materials that the ink comes from.

The author of the graffiti is often working from a photograph of some historical buildings or objects that he has found, either through internet searches or by spotting them in new buildings. Once he has gathered these objects, he must paint them in his own image, and to do this, he must know what to look for. The different types of buildings that the writer will look for are represented by the numbers of the buildings and their names.

The beauty of bleach graffiti is that it is so easy to find and to create, as the different buildings in London have been digitised and placed online. Whether he is looking for a white building, a red one, or even a black and white building, the bleach artist has an almost unlimited supply of the materials that he needs to make his work.

Bleach graffiti is great as it allows the graffiti writer to express himself and his feelings and opinions. It is also one of the best mediums that he has to showcase his or her skills to potential customers. If he can make something on the building stand out, he will be able to sell it.

Bleach graffiti can be seen all over the city, not just in the parks and streets, but in the open spaces of the City, the famous London boroughs, the City's parkland, and even the pedestrian areas. Eventhough the chemicals that he uses to write his own name are waterproof, they can leave streaks, and the longer the writer spends in the area, the better the effect, and the more pronounced the streaks.

All graffiti is about the user's intentions and beliefs and if there is a religious, political, or even political, connotation to the message, then the message must be delivered in the same way as any other form of art. Art can only be as good as the artist that creates it, so the graffiti artist that writes the graffiti must be someone that have a vision, and a style that mirror their surroundings.


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Created on Sep 29th 2020 12:10. Viewed 193 times.

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