ESSENTIAL INFO
If you purchase a ticket for this course, all the information on this page will be emailed to you with your ticket.
👥 Suitable for: Ages 12 to 17
📍 Venue: Bellingen Public School
📈 Level: Suitable for all skill levels
⏰ Schedule: Mon–Fri, 9am – 4pm (5 Full-Days)
🏷️ Extra costs: This course has a cost of $115 for materials
⚠️ Extra info: This course includes an excursion to the graffiti mural location in town
Required skills & experience
No experience required
Supplies that will be provided by your tutor
Cost of $115 includes:
Professional artist quality spray paint (5 colors each)
Pencils and drawing tools
Scissors and stencil knife
Surfaces for painting and application practice
Paper and acetate for stencil making
Sticker paper
PVA Glue and spray adhesive
Use of VR headset (Oculus Quest) for spraypaint simulator
Course reference material booklet
NOTE: Supply costs will be collected by the tutor before Camp Creative.
Supplies that you need to bring to class
A4 sketchbook (or larger)
Pencil
Eraser
Pencil sharpener
Clothes for painting
Any color paint markers/ink markers and preferred drawing materials
Optional - Portable VR headset (Oculus Quest etc.) with 'Kingspray' app installed
Optional - A P2 respirator is recommended for participants with asthma/breathing difficulties. All aerosol painting is done outdoors in well ventilated areas.
Learning outcomes
Students will take home several pieces created over the week including stickers, posters and reusable stencils as well as a course reference material booklet.
Learn how to make stencils and stickers for your street art
Complete a huge outdoor piece of graffiti with your fellow students
COURSE PLAN
DAY ONE
Demonstration and brief history of Graffiti origins
Choosing an alias (artist name)
Sketching letter forms
Learning spray-painting basics
DAY TWO
Demonstration and brief history of Street Art
Designing stencils
Sketching posters and sticker ideas
DAY THREE
Developing Graffiti letter sketches and adding colours on paper
Spray-painting letter pieces from sketch
Developing poster and sticker designs
DAY FOUR
Multi layered stencils
Developing pieces in chosen mediums
Designing a collaborative mural with our sketches
DAY FIVE
Refining designs and final posters, stickers, paintings and sketches
Painting collaborative mural
COURSE TUTOR
Kade Valja
Kade is a multi-disciplinary artist primarily exploring interests in organic form, energetic forces, technology, consciousness and perception using a wide range of ever-expanding media.
He runs school holiday aerosol workshops every school holiday in Grafton NSW, and teaches after school art at the Grafton Regional Gallery. His workshops across the Northern Rivers region, ranging from traditional painting approaches to stencils to augmented reality (AR).
Kade has been teaching at Camp Creative since 2023.
“My daughter loved the course! Kade was amazing.”
“I love love love this!!
How amazing and those kids would be super proud that their artwork catches everyone’s eyes as they go past, so much better than a plain wall.. we need more and more of this! How talented they should be EXTREMELY proud! It’s so awesome.”
“This is fantastic! We need way more street art in Bello, and what a great experience for the young artists to learn from a mentor. Looks fantastic.”

