Wheat-pasting: some basics for putting up your images:

Most paper will work. I've taped together large pieces of sketch paper and painted them with acrylic gesso to alter billboards. I've printed large regular printer paper posters at copy places. They all work well.

While pasting, put a layer of paste down on the surface, then your image, then another layer of paste (some people choose to not put on this top coat, but it will be more water resistant and durable if you do). Press firmly.

*A pasting technique that works for me is: use a wide brush 6-8" or wider.

1. Wet the wall with your paste and then smooth that paste out with some final smooth strokes, getting out the big blobs and chunks (this is messy, so wear old clothes)

2. Attach the top of your image, holding the bottom away from the wall. Helps to have a friend. (You can also roll it out side to side for larger images.)

3. Get your brush nice and goopy with paste. Run the brush straight down the center of your image as you lower it onto the wall.

4. Re-wet your brush with paste and paint outward from the center, working out bubbles. Do this quickly, as the paper can start to distort if you don't wet it fast enough.

5. Make sure you have the entire top covered with paste, then smooth it all out with even strokes in one direction, taking off any excess paste. It needs to be wet, not thick.

Think about picking a spot that is already a tagging spot or on an advertisement. Regular citizens are less likely to care if you are hitting these spots.

Have fun!