French Street Artist Turns Boring CIty Walls into Hyper-Realistic Scenes

French artist Patrick Commecy is based in Eyzin-Pinet, France, but travels all over the country to paint walls. Using the facades of buildings as his canvas, he captures the history and culture of the place through his art. Commecy uses trompe-l’œil, a technique where realistic-looking scenes are used to create optical illusions.

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The Street Art Manual

by Bill Posters

The Street Art Manual is the first book to combine practical advice and tactical guidance for creating 11 forms of street art in public spaces worldwide.

Every type of street art is covered, including graffiti, stencilling, subvertising, large-scale murals, wheat pasting, urban projections, aerial art, yarn bombing, guerrilla theatre, banner drops, and projectiles. Each technique is illustrated with step-by-step drawings and straightforward advice about what you need and how to do it.

Written by award-winning artist, author, and agitator Bill Posters, The Street Art Manual covers a diverse range of works by artists and collectives from across five continents. It also provides legal information on Freedom of Expression, criminal damage, and trespassing.

Arm yourself with the tips and knowledge that no other guide will give you and go out and reclaim the streets in the name of urban creativity.

About the authors

Over the last decade, Bill Posters has worked alongside artists and activists to create some of the world’s largest unlawful street art projects via the Brandalism project. In 2019, his prat ‘Spectre’, which included a deep-fake video based on Mark Zuckerberg, received huge global media acclaim.

Matt Bonner is a graphic artist, designer, and social justice campaigner. He works with campaigning groups and grassroots activists to use subversive art as a tool for progressive social change. In 2018 Matt designed the world-famous ‘Trump Baby’ blimp.