Halloween 2022

 Halloween 2022: October 31, 2022

It was predicting rain and I kept trying to decide if I should do chalk art for Trick or Treat this year or not. Middle of the afternoon I checked and it said that there was no rain predicted until 7pm that evening. So I decided to go ahead with it. I did something simple without even doing a design ahead of time. I finished in a little over an hour. It looked threatening, but the weather report still said no rain until 7pm. I cleaned up and went inside to get something else done. I didn't even realize that it had rained until I checked later...my design was ruined. Wish I would have covered it!!! Oh well I will just do the same thing again next year!

 

 Here's the final product...before the rain!

 

 

 

  

I got the idea from my grandson's Halloween costume

 

 

Working on it...

 

 

 

All finished!

 

 

After the rain...

Chalk the Block Easton 2022

 Chalk the Block Easton Oct. 1, 2022

I almost didn't get to do it because I was put on a waiting list. But I did get in after all! When I asked about it he said that they like to give new comers a chance. There were over 70 entries for 40 spaces this year.

It was a beautiful day for chalk art! We spent the night in Westerville, so I was able to get there really early and started before very many people were there. So I got finished very early.

I started with a different idea...I was thinking about doing a fire breathing dragon. But then I found an interesting photo that I rediscovered. I thought that I would be perfect since I was just starting my coloring book with Wapakoneta (the home of Neil Armstrong). Then I did my own version of the photo.

I finished quickly. There is lots of white in this design! I decided to push through and eat a late lunch when I got finished! Good thing too, because it started to rain a little bit. But fortunately the big rain stayed away. Better than last year!

The finished product.

 My design

Ready to get started...

This guy with a NASA sweatshirt just happened to walk by!

Look pretty good!

 Vandalia Artful Adventure Day

Wasn't sure what to expect for this day of chalk art. It was going to be a day for kids to come a do art. I suggested that I could do an outline for kids to color in with chalk. I decided to use tempera instead of chalk for the outline so it would last longer. I wasn't sure what type of surface to expect so I brought both white and black tempera. If the surface was blacktop I would use white, but if it was sidewalk I would use black. It turned out to be sidewalk so I decided to use black. 

I arrived early. The event was to start at 11 so I got there about 9:30. I was finished with my design by the time the event started. I was barely finished and I had kids waiting to color in the lines! By the time I left about 12:30 much of it was colored. 

Great day! Not too hot. I will be going back to Vandalia in October! Trying to decide what to do then!

This is my workspace.

 

Kids couldn't wait to get started!

 

A mom taking a video of her son working with the chalk!

They did a great job coloring in my artwork!