Plain City Chalk Art Festival

Plain City Chalk Art Festival

Sept. 14, 2019

Attended the first ever Plain City Chalk Art Festival. I thought I was going to have to miss, because I had been sick with a cold the week before. I was feeling better, so I decided to go. 

Fortunately I had picked some easy to do. I had already planned to do this design and it certainly turned out to be the best since I wasn't feeling too great that day. I wanted to create something that looked like it was growing out of a crack in the blacktop. I worried if it would be successful....and it was!

I got the last chalking spot that morning. It worked out perfectly for my design since it already had a crack at the bottom of it. Since I wasn't doing a background, I didn't have to measure and tape off my square. This saved me loads of time. I was the last person to arrive that day, but the first to finish. I was almost finished by lunch time, I took a break for lunch and then put the finishing touches on it after lunch and headed home by 2:30 long before anyone was even close to being finished! Which was great, since my cold was getting the better of me by the end and I had over an hour's drive to home.

 The final design turned out just great! The illusion was successful!

 All ready to go...no measuring or taping this time!

 The sketch.

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 Coming along!

 These cuties came to visit me!

 Time to take a break for lunch....

Added some more color and shadows after lunch.

 All finished!

 

Looks pretty good! The effect of growing out of the pavement certainly worked!

Luther Rose

Luther Rose

Created at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Kettering

September 7, 2019

I had the opportunity to create the Luther Rose again for a friend of mine, Carrie, at her church, Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Kettering. She saw the one I created last year and she wanted me to do it for their church picnic. I did it Saturday evening so it would be ready for Sunday morning. I arrived about 3:30 and finished about 6:00pm. It was a nice evening working and visiting with Carrie.

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 All finished!

 Tired but happy to be finished! Only too about 3 hours!

 

Carrie and me!

 Where it was located at the door.

 Finished Product

All covered and ready for the night, before it will be unveiled the next morning!

COSI Aug. 10, 2019

Saturday August 10, 1019

COSI

I was so excited to have the opportunity to do chalking at COSI in Columbus. There were only 4 of us but it was a good group. The theme had to be something about Columbus. So I decided to begin with a drawing that I had done a couple of years ago of "hippie" school bus and add "Columbus" to the side of it.

 This is the drawing that I created for my chalk design.

I choose a spot for my artwork between two posts on the sidewalk. It was a great place out of the way, but it would cause me problems later photographing my artwork. It was in the shade most of the day. Which was really great!

Here I am all ready to begin.

 Beginning Sketch

 Starting at the top with the sky blue...

 More blue

 Green grass

 More colors

I was concerned about the blue sky against the blue bus so I added green trees over the top of the bus.

 Inside image finished

 Lettering in white...

 Decided to add the purple around the outside...

 Then added purple on the letters too and that really made it "pop."

 All finished!

 Look at me! This is what comes from using black!

 All finished a looking good!

 Then the marching band marched by...little too close for comfort!

 Lots of people too!

 Trying to get a good picture!

 All finished and cleaned up...looking pretty good if I don't say so myself!

 I wanted to get the COSI in the background...unfortunately my artwork is upside down.

 Finally got some good pictures thanks to Hillary's long selfie stick!

We stopped at Young's Dairy on our way home...just the reward treat I needed for a long day of chalking!