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I would watch other artists paint. I would just sit there and watch them paint, and that's how I would learn.

Observation and participation are the main things I would say to become successful.

You know when you're young you're trying to find a voice or you're trying to find a

sense of belonging. It was like amazing to see like street artists or like graffiti and

nobody knew what graffiti was. You know, it was still young.

And we were just painting or we were painting.

Kenyan graffiti artists Bupendra Jethwa.

In artistic circles, he's called by his monica, Wise too.

He is known for his signature look of intricate motifs,

which include masks and faces, flowers and geometric shapes

in bold primary colors. Wise 2 is a global citizen, in motion, not only creating art at home

in Kenya, but also exploring the world as his canvas. Here in Nairobi, graffiti can be seen across parts of the urban landscape.

I see it every day when I travel to work, with tags or names on walls,

and brightly colored portraits on the side of shops or houses.

In this East African nation, not everyone visits art galleries, so seeing art on the street

where it often represents and heard voices is important, demonstrating that there's creativity

out there, even if some of those making it haven't had any formal training.

It is, of course, a very old art form.

Original graffiti was like if you see cavemen would be writing like scratching or using different

kind of organic paint to document history.

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