Chalk the Block Easton 2021

This is my final design...

This is the event that local chalk artists look forward to the whole year and it is usually the last event of the season for us. I had a hard time thinking of a theme for this year, until I settled on Alice in Wonderland. At first I was going to do a door, but when I started looking at images on line and a mushroom garden seemed like a better idea. I remembered a garden gate that I photographed this past year at the Cleveland Botanical Garden. And I based my drawing on this gate and went from there.

Below are both of my sketches for the design.

It was a great day for doing chalk art. It was warmer than usual for the time of year. I had been chosen to do an upright chalk board again this year. It went very well and progressed just as I had planned. I sketched in the upright columns first, actually using a ruler, and then went from there. I finished just before the rain came. I even had some visitors and a helper during the day! Unfortunately I didn't get very many process pictures this time, because it was so bright that I couldn't see my camera screen very well. I also didn't get too many finished product pictures before it began to rain.