For Father’s day, we went to the Pasadena Chalk Art Festival. This was a two-day event and I decided to go on Sunday so most of the pieces were almost completed. There was music, shopping, free arts, interesting people, and the car show was just outside the mall. This is the first time I used the Sigma wide angle lens. This lens takes practice as I took way too many shots of my foot, but I love it because I was able to capture the artists as they work on the piece.
I love how the white chalk and features of the face leads the eyes to working artist
Arms everywhere
Sometimes an image can be made more dynamic by just tilting the camera
Pasadena car show
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Love chalk art, so many talented people out there. Great pictures
Great images of the artists at work. This sounds like an interesting festival.
I have no words to convey how astounded I am at these amazing works of art…I can barely scribble my name in chalk, let alone create something of such amazing beauty!
I guess I will stick to the art of writing; chalk artist, I am not…
😉
beautiful artwork! very inspirationalxx
Amazing! Love the vibrant colours in the 2nd pic!
Wow! Those chalk artists are geniuses! Thanks for sharing your photos!
nice!
much talent on display here.
great article!
is the last photo a chalk drawing also?
Wow, a chalk art festival sounds awesome! I love your photos, really interesting and I think that wide angle lens is just the job for photographing something like a piece of chalk art! It reminds me of drawing on my driveway with chalks in the summertime when I was a kid. Never made anything quite as spectacular as these though! I do love that first one, but that third picture… I couldn’t believe it was chalks, it looked like the guy had used markers or paints right onto the pavement! Excellent post!
It always amazes me how something as seemingly simple as a child’s play-thing can be made to be something so beautiful when placed in capable hands. Chalk art festivals bring out the kid in all of us, I think. Great photos.
Magnificent!
Beautiful stuff. I used to love going to one of these in San Diego. To think it’s all washed away at the end of the festival.
great shots! you must had very good time watching this festival. it looks amazing. i’ve just remembered trying to draw sth with chalk on a sidewalk… i tried…
Beautiful! I wanted to go to this event, but did not have the time to. Amazing pictures!
Looks like a wonderful time. Thanks for posting, maybe, if I remember, next year for Father’s Day we’ll go too.
Great idea! I admire the dedication of the artists to fleeting nature of chalk art.
Thank you for sharing the photos!
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fantastic walk-thru with your pictures, thanks..
keep em coming.
Gorgeous art work, thanks for sharing the pics!
Very nice.
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Amazing work It reminds me of a “Rangoli” (chalk festival) festival of India where they make rangolis of their Gods.
I agree with all the praise above. Such real art activities, involving hard, dedicated, talented work purely for positive stimulation of the brain (not productive of essential products or necessary services in the tradtional industrial society) are what it was promised our lives would be all about. We looked forward to it as computers and automation were being developed in the 1940s and 1950s. But there is still far too much tedious work for people. And still too much nagging from politicans telling us to find a “job” and “be part of the economy”. Our lives and time ought to be dedicated to creativity purely to generate joy. Roll on the time when the robots and machines do all the boring work. I wish I could draw. My role will be to watch and admire.
Great art thanks for post
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People are so talented! thank you for sharing their work! (:
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I can’t imagine being able to draw like that, using chalk! That’s amazing!
Love the art! Looks like great fun! Thanks for sharing!
very cool! that’d be a fun event to attend.
NICE! CONGRATS ON BEING ON FP! 😀
Awesome talent.Cannot stop admiring; Beautiful shots. Thanks for sharing..!!
The car is cool!
Oh, that’s so beautiful! Loved the pictures 🙂
What a great day – I love your blog and also love knitting!
Glad they’re not drawing the edge of a cliff or something like a hole 😀
Beautiful artwork 🙂
I can’t believe I missed it! I used to go every year, but since I moved from Pasadena, it’s been hit or miss. Lovely pics. It’s great to have something permanent to remember the ephemeral…
waw keren .
festifal yang sangat menarik..
dengan hasil gambar yang sangat bagus,,
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
i wanna have a camera so i can fill my blog with pictures i take just like you, hhehee
in Indonesia there are so many cultural event, and it will be great if i can show it to other blogger 😀
You should have taken more pics! I want to see more chalk art!
я бы тоже не прочь чего-нибудь нарисовать, жаль что только рисовать не умею
Awesome
Oh my God. Those are chalk art??? Amazing!
Your photo’s are spectacular! Your subjects are spectacular! Nice work.
Nicely captured shots of chalk artists in action:)
I’ve never heard of a chalk art festival before. It sounds great.
Perhaps you could frame the pictures of your feet and sell them as modern art.
Cheers
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Lovely chalk art
I love street art, it always amazes me the level of detail that they can put into the pictures with nothing more than chalk.
Great photos. I like the ones with the artists in them.
Those pictures are simply amazing.
That was great. If I ever see that as an option for an area activity, I will have to go.
I think its amazing how they do that with chalk. Too bad it’ll just be washed away 😦
Great talent been show case.
cool pictures
nice colors
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These are great photos from the Chalk Festival. Your descriptions are just as neat as the photos too.