Tools of the Trade

Here is a small glimpse of my tools. See this and then multiply it time about 3 and you will have a sense of how many cans are floating around my garage. The things is, its not much compared to alot of other artists. The little baggies are filled with various tips that give different spray widths, from about a 3" radius to a line the width of a dime.
You may see some stencils. Formerly I vowed against stencils. I wanted to do everything freehand. I felt stencils were inhibiting, time consuming to construct and kind of confusing. I'm slowly trying to work them in here and there. It just gives me more options for effects. Pictured is a small canvas panel I was experimenting with the can lid as a stencil. It produced a sort of fish scale effect.