Tag: Chalk Art

Veiled Lady of the Roses

Chalk Fest at Arbor Lakes

Street painting in Arbor Lakes this year was a race against the weather. Everyone chalked beautiful drawings that ranged anywhere from 3D bees and flowers to the genie from Aladdin. I challenged myself by drawing a lady with a veil at a 3/4 face angle. I focused on the roses by drawing each petal with care and meticulous detail. I finished just in time to capture photos. Then we got to experience the beautiful breakdown of our drawings in the rain. This ephemeral nature is what I love the most!

10 Jun ’19
What Memorial Day Means to me

Memorial Day comes every year and every year I get Friday and Monday off from work. It is awesome! But wait…. why do I get time off? It is important to remember the reason behind this federal holiday. I took time this year to think about what Memorial Day means to me and our country and reflected by drawing on the chalk wall.

Memorial day is when we stop to honor and remember our fallen soldiers who have served to protect our country.

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

The significance of this image really stands out. It references the photograph from WWII of US Marines raising a flag on top of Mount Suribachi.

Learn more about this image HERE

25 May ’19
Yoga Inspired Chalkboards

My Process

I had the opportunity to create yoga inspired chalkboards this summer for a client. The ask was to capture their shop and yoga studio to express what they were about. The space was very inviting and offered products for sale as well as yoga classes.

1. Sketch

I have a preliminary meeting with the client to determine their needs and what message they want to share through the design.

3. Digitize

I take the sketches into photoshop and arrange them in a composition that I like. I then tweak the lettering or add in some fonts to create a graphic appeal. In this example I printed block letters and hand drew the pattern inside.

3. Execute

I print my design and use it as reference. I do not add color until the end but I did some test swatches before hand to ensure they were what the client wanted.

6 May ’19
Delta Railroad Crossing

We created chalkboards for an event with Delta for their employees. Zach focused on the construction and I created the designs. We work well as a team that way!

20 Oct ’18
3D Cupcake

I created a 3D cupcake in Clarkesville TN for the Art Linc Festival.

I measured to make sure the cupcake would appear 4ft tall.

The raspberry on top was drawn 10ft long!

Chalk baby was not pleased.

30 Sep ’18
3D Goldfish

Lachlan’s favorite snack is goldfish. One of the few words he knows is fish. He loves the fish tank we have and he loves aquariums. Let’s just say the baby is all around fishy! We wanted to create an imaginative piece where his favorite snack comes to life around him.

We had to prime this very slick surface with chalk paint.

Close up of the surface. It was very hard to work on.

It rained most of day one but we worked hard the second day to complete the art just in time. I was focused on drawing the 3D face. It was stretched so that made it complex to draw. What my mind wanted to see was not what I was drawing from my grid.

We were able to get some great shots posing on the goldfish box and the fish.

I had to point out the amazing cake from the artists reception. This is one of my favorite festivals. Everyone was so nice and accommodating.

The beautiful chalk cake!

10 Sep ’18
Chipper Jones 2018 Hall of Fame Inductee

Chipper Jones was recently inducted to the baseball Hall of Fame. This is very exciting to me because he was one of the star players of my generation; it is awesome to see someone I grew up with and admired be recognized.

24 Aug ’18
Chalk at Camp

On the first day we did a demo and let the campers join in where they wanted.

Day two was all about drawing on your own. We asked the campers what they were interested in drawing and printed images for them to reference. Some even sketched out ideas the night before.

I designed a camp themed 3D chalk drawing for the kids to color in on the last day as a final lesson.

Everyone enjoyed coloring in the image. It was challenging to match up the grid with the actual drawing but with some help they all figured it out. The colors were not exact but the campers made it their own and had fun doing it.

19 Jul ’18
Atlanta Braves Opening Year

I drew the players on the left.

Community chalk art based on baseball card designs.

Zach led the community workshop. He is so good with kids!

Jessi and Cathryn chalking a piece together.

28 Jan ’18
Marietta Chalktoberfest 2016

This year at Chalktoberfest I had the honor to recreate an image of one of my favorite artists Johannes Vermeer. I chose to draw Milkmaid. The contrast of blues and yellows add mystery to this work. I really enjoy how vermeer captures everyday life and makes it intriguing. I was hesitant to do the old masters theme but I am glad that I had the chance to put myself in their shoes for a few days. I found myself wondering how Vermeer would approach the creation of this piece. Did he draw the milkmaid first or the room she is in? Was he cold and sore like I was while drawing on the ground for two days? I really enjoyed mixing my blue pastels to create just the one that would cause her to pop off the ground. I never thought much about the process but recreating it really puts it into perspective. I made sure not to crop out the negative space in the top right. It really evokes the mood in the painting.

I had a wonderful time chalking and an even better time reuniting with my fellow artists. Chalk artists from all over the country came to create old master drawings. We spent the evenings playing games and singing. Chalk art was the glue that brought us all together. It is nice to learn from each other. There are many chalk art masters like Joel Yao, Chris Carlson, Bridget Lyons, and the Chalk Guys. So much talent in one spot.

Zach and I were on the news to introduce the festival.

Images of Marietta Chalktoberfest Chalk Art of Vermeer’s Milkmaid

17 Oct ’16
Arauco Chalk Wall

We created a chalkboard design for Arauco at the Georgia World Congress Center

21 Aug ’16
Chalking in Blumberg Germany

9 Jul ’16

Tag: Chalk Art

Chalk Fest at Arbor Lakes

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

My Process

1. Sketch

3. Digitize

3. Execute

Images of Marietta Chalktoberfest Chalk Art of Vermeer’s Milkmaid