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Written by Michelle Lee and Adelheide Johansen
There are many styles of art around the world, but spray paint art is a unique one.
Cael Church started spray paint art only a couple months ago. He was working on a project in which he had to spray paint clothes.
“I was like, I really like spray paint, and so I went and bought a bunch and just started working on it and stuff,” Church said, “but it took me a while to get good at it.”
Though he has progressed a lot and is talented at the art, there are still a few things that he struggles with.
“[The hardest part is] doing lakes and the reflection of the lakes and stuff,” Church said.
It took him some practice to get to where he is now, but he turns to street artists and online tutorials for help and inspiration. Some of his inspiration was found in both San Francisco and Las Vegas. He looked more into it and through trial and error, he was able to get to where he is today.
“It’s just a hobby for now, but I mean, if it turns into a money-making opportunity then that’s pretty great,” Church said. Though it could turn out to be a money-making thing, he isn’t in it for the money. He just enjoys doing it, especially with family and friends.
For the time being, Cael’s spray paint art is just a hobby, but he wouldn’t mind pursuing it more and seeing where it goes.
“It’s something that he enjoys doing and he likes to share it with other people,” said Shannon Chuch, “so when he has friends come over or cousins then he likes to spray paint with them–that’s a good thing.”
His mom also talked about the great impact it’s had on his life. Rather than playing video games with friends and family, he turns to art instead.
“It’s fun and because it takes a lot less time than regular art and it looks better anyways,” Church said.
He really likes the uniqueness of this art, as well as other aspects such as the amount of time it takes and difficulty.
“I like to do planets and space and try to do sunsets and lakes and stuff, but I’m trying to expand and find other things to do,” said Church. These are the styles that he has been working on, but he doesn’t mind branching out and trying new things.
When working on a piece it takes Church only a few minutes to finish. Sometimes it takes longer depending on the art style, but for the most part this is a relatively fast process.
“It takes a couple minutes–it depends, sometimes you have to let the paint dry depending on what you are doing,” Church said.
His materials are relatively inexpensive, with a spray paint can costing about $3. This is only a small price to pay, considering he works on only one art piece a week. Though when he was first starting out, he had to buy all the materials at once, so it was more on the expensive side.
“Doing planets and stuff, we just learned from watching other people do it and doing reflections from lakes, we’ve also seen from some tutorial videos, but then other things we’ve just tried and figured it out,” Church said when asked about how he learned.
The last time that Church took an art class was back in middle school, so he has had to teach himself for the most part.
“I think it’s really cool and he just uses the most random things, and it turns out really cool,” said Cael’s sister, Sarah Church. Though spray paint art is sometimes a difficult process, he really enjoys doing it.
