Spitting Rainbows

On the weekend, the city is scattered with kids and their skateboards. It's a great time to look at the city as the environment is totally changed when it is not occupied by a sea of workers in their suits. This painting in particular was inspired by seeing a skater-kid spitting on the street. The action immediately caught my attention, and i knew that i could make a painting from it, the challenge was to make what is considered a vulgar action attractive. After working on a few ideas in my sketchbook and failing many times in achieving the image i wanted to make, i played around with a few different types of discharge emerging from the figure's mouth. In the end the rainbow just seemed to work.