fun with chalk

DAY ONE . . .  in the beginning 

so an early morning arrival to start off the weekend . . .  fun being in rancho once again !!! the day begins cool . . and then the sun pops out !!!    i was in square # 21 . . . up front near the food and all the other activities  !!!!  i arrived knowing i was going to do an orangutan and work in black-n-white but it wasn't until i saw my square sponsor that i came up with the full composition !!!  as you can tell i don't for the usual chalk art . . . i find the fun in creating a story . . . the repeat viewer and the kids tend to get a kick out of me too !!!  this weekend especially !!  i had tons of fun interacting with the crowd as well as getting to talk with several of the incredible artists !!!

the view from my square

kyra working on 'cujo' or as her dad named it 'dog's breath'

carlsbad artsplash 2o11

to my left was kyra mcdonnell who was doing her first black and white she was inspired by her favorite work at last years carlsbad artsplash . . .  a black and white lion.  well that was mine !!!  it was fun listening her tell that story all weekend !!!

so i decided on my yellow and orange mixture for the background with the addition of saddleback mountain (which was a stones' throw away)  . . . . and then of course we must not forget the bagels and coffee !!   . . . . there were also more animals added to the mixture !!!  the stack bagels came about because i was building with wedgits on skype with my grandson just the day before !!

end day one

the squirrel in the upper left corner decided to join the more exotic wild animals in the drawing . . .  jumping in from the trees of course (along with all the flowers) !!!  and yes some kids knew what the marmoset was.  all the animals were drawn by memory except the orangutan which i looked at sketches and several pics to create his personalty !!! i was really bothered by the warped shape to the lemur then i did a quick search of the net and found lemurs do or should i say can look like that !!!!  this guy is such a tease !!!  the poor treekangaroo ! 
  
the other change i made as i worked . . . and pretty early on.  take a look at the pic on top of this page do you notice the blues and browns added to the black . .  . i decided that since there was to be color added not to continue on this path . . . but it might make for an interesting piece somewhere down the line.

so covered in plastic just incase of drizzle (it did rain thursday and friday) . . .  and a note to self :  look up bagels and brew for the coffee cup design.

fini day one !!!