The Indian Street Artists use enamel paints which work on cloth, steel boards, walls and plywood. First they paint the entire object white, which takes one day to dry. They paint over it. Once that dries, they put another coating.Every painter goes through a year of training under the shop to learn how to paint signs and graphics. It is usually a family business but it is not necessary that it be so.
an apprentice's work in Shri Arts
They pick the fonts of their choice from a font’s catalogue which consists of fonts including Times New Roman and Ariel. Usually they stylize the fonts from these fonts. They trace these alphabets from plastic sheets that have the alphabets painted on them. They make needle thin holes on the outline of the alphabets of these plastic sheets and then trace an outline of the alphabets on the final board.
Other than that, we spoke to them about general things about their charges and what effect the print media has on them. For painting they usually charge 100 Rupees per square feet. For painting lettering, they charge 30/40 Rupees per square feet. According to Shri Arts, the new print developments did not affect them. However, Shri Rama Arts said that they shifted to printing boards and stickers because the demand for hand
painted sign boards was decreasing.We tried our best not to look like tourists; hence we did not take out our cameras. We took it out only in the end when we were friendly enough and knew that they would not be very uncomfortable.
After the trip to Yelahanka Old town, we went to the city to buy materials.
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